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In re GREEN (1891)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re GREEN
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Decided: October 19, 1891
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re GREEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 19, 1891.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Colorado State Supreme 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: Attorneys - Admission to a state or federal bar, disbarment, and attorney discipline (cf. loyalty oath: bar applicants)
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: Colorado
  • Citation: 141 U.S. 325
  • 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: 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 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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