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KNEELAND v. LAWRENCE (1891)

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KNEELAND v. LAWRENCE
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1891
Decided: May 11, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

KNEELAND v. LAWRENCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 11, 1891. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1891.

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

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: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 140 U.S. 209
  • 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: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

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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