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In re BAIZ, PETITIONER (1890)

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in re BAIZ, PETITIONER
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1890
Decided: May 5, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

in re BAIZ, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1890. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Foreign nation or instrumentality
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 135 U.S. 403
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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