In re THE LOUISVILLE UNDERWRITERS, PETITIONERS (1890)

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in re THE LOUISVILLE UNDERWRITERS, PETITIONERS
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1890
Decided: March 31, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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 THE LOUISVILLE UNDERWRITERS, PETITIONERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 134 U.S. 488
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
  • 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 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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