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In re GROSSMAYER, PETITIONER (1900)

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in re GROSSMAYER, PETITIONER
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Decided: March 26, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

in re GROSSMAYER, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1900.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 177 U.S. 48
  • 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: Horace Gray

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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