In re PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY, PETITIONER, 137 U.S. 457 (December 22, 1890) - Ballotpedia

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in re PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY, PETITIONER

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1890
Decided: December 22, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re PENNSYLVANIA COMPANY, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1890. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. Circuit for the District of Connecticut.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 137 U.S. 457
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: Joseph Bradley

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

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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