In re WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY (1891) - Ballotpedia

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in re WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: April 13, 1891
Decided: April 27, 1891
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 27, 1891. The case was argued before the court on April 13, 1891.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: District of Columbia
Citation: 140 U.S. 91
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: Samuel Blatchford

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.

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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