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JENNINGS v. COAL RIDGE IMPROVEMENT AND COAL COMPANY (1893)

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JENNINGS v. COAL RIDGE IMPROVEMENT AND COAL COMPANY |
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Term: 1892 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 21, 1892 |
Decided: January 3, 1893 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • George Shiras |
JENNINGS v. COAL RIDGE IMPROVEMENT AND COAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1893. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1892.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State 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: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 147 U.S. 147
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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