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In re BUCHANAN, PETITIONER (1895)

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in re BUCHANAN, PETITIONER
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1895
Decided: April 17, 1895
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

in re BUCHANAN, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1895. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: state or U.S. supreme court
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 158 U.S. 31
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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