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In re MILLS, PETITIONER (1890)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re MILLS, PETITIONER
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: April 28, 1890
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

in re MILLS, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Arkansas Western U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 135 U.S. 263
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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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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