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In re SAWYER AND OTHERS (1888)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re SAWYER AND OTHERS
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1887
Decided: January 9, 1888
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller
Concurring
Stephen Johnson Field
Dissenting
John Marshall Harlan • Morrison Waite

in re SAWYER AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1888. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1887.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 124 U.S. 200
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • 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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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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