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KIZER v. TEXARKANA & FORT SMITH RAILWAY COMPANY (1900)

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KIZER v. TEXARKANA & FORT SMITH RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1900
Decided: December 3, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

KIZER v. TEXARKANA & FORT SMITH RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1900. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 179 U.S. 199
  • 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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