JOHNSON v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. (1891) - Ballotpedia

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JOHNSON v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1891
Decided: November 16, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan
Dissenting
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

JOHNSON v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1891. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1891.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District 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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 141 U.S. 602
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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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