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In re CHAPMAN, PETITIONER (1897)

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in re CHAPMAN, PETITIONER
Term: 1896
Important Dates
Argued: March 24, 1897
Decided: April 19, 1897
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
John Marshall Harlan

in re CHAPMAN, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1897. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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 - Contempt of court or congress
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 166 U.S. 661
  • 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: 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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