Public policy made simple. Dive into our information hub today!

In re MANNING, PETITIONER (1891)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re MANNING, PETITIONER
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: April 6, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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 MANNING, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin 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.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Wisconsin
  • Citation: 139 U.S. 504
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 conservative.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=In_re_MANNING,_PETITIONER_(1891)&oldid=9494780"