In re KEASBEY AND MATTISON COMPANY, PETITIONER (1895)

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in re KEASBEY AND MATTISON COMPANY, PETITIONER
Term: 1895
Important Dates
Decided: December 16, 1895
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

in re KEASBEY AND MATTISON COMPANY, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 160 U.S. 221
  • 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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