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In re WILSON, PETITIONER (1891)

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in re WILSON, PETITIONER |
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Term: 1890 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 25, 1891 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
in re WILSON, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 25, 1891.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arizona Territorial Trial Court.
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: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
- Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 140 U.S. 575
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: David Josiah Brewer
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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