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KIRBY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD

Term: 1886
Important Dates
Argued: November 15, 1886
Decided: January 10, 1887
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

KIRBY v. LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1887. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1886.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 120 U.S. 130
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 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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