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INLAND AND SEABOARD COASTING COMPANY v. TOLSON (1890)

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INLAND AND SEABOARD COASTING COMPANY v. TOLSON |
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Term: 1889 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 6, 1890 |
Outcome |
Stay, petition, or motion granted |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
INLAND AND SEABOARD COASTING COMPANY v. TOLSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1890.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 136 U.S. 572
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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 liberal.
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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