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KNIGHT v. UNITED STATES LAND ASSOCIATION (1891)

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KNIGHT v. UNITED STATES LAND ASSOCIATION
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1891
Decided: December 21, 1891
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Concurring
Stephen Johnson Field

KNIGHT v. UNITED STATES LAND ASSOCIATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1891. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1891.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial 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: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 142 U.S. 161
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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