In re BONNER, PETITIONER (1894) - Ballotpedia

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in re BONNER, PETITIONER

Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: November 27, 1893
Decided: January 15, 1894
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

in re BONNER, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1894. The case was argued before the court on November 27, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Arkansas Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 151 U.S. 242
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
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: Stephen Johnson Field

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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External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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