In re GARNETT AND OTHERS (1891) - Ballotpedia

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in re GARNETT AND OTHERS

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1891
Decided: May 25, 1891
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re GARNETT AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Georgia Southern 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: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Judge
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 141 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
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: Joseph Bradley

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.

See also

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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