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JONES & ANOTHER v. SIMPSON (1886)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
JONES & ANOTHER v. SIMPSON
Term: 1885
Important Dates
Decided: February 1, 1886
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

JONES & ANOTHER v. SIMPSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1886.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kansas U.S. Circuit for the District of Kansas.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Kansas
  • Citation: 116 U.S. 609
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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 unspecifiable.

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