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In re SANBORN, PETITIONER (1893)

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in re SANBORN, PETITIONER
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1893
Decided: March 20, 1893
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

in re SANBORN, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1893. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of Claims
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 148 U.S. 222
  • 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: George Shiras

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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