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KIPLEY v. ILLINOIS. (1898)

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KIPLEY v. ILLINOIS.
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Decided: April 18, 1898
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge Shiras
Dissenting
Edward Douglass White

KIPLEY v. ILLINOIS. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1898.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Illinois State Supreme 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.

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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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 170 U.S. 182
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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