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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL, ADMINISTRATRIX. (1884)

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL, ADMINISTRATRIX. |
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Term: 1883 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 11, 1884 |
Decided: January 28, 1884 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. TURRILL, ADMINISTRATRIX. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1884. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1884.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 110 U.S. 301
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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