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IRWIN v. SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION (1890)

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IRWIN v. SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: February 3, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

IRWIN v. SAN FRANCISCO SAVINGS UNION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 136 U.S. 578
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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