In re WOODS, PETITIONER (1892)

in re WOODS, PETITIONER
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Decided: February 29, 1892
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 • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re WOODS, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 29, 1892.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 143 U.S. 202
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.