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LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRENTICE (1893)

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LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRENTICE
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: November 23, 1892
Decided: January 3, 1893
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayGeorge Shiras

LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PRENTICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1893. The case was argued before the court on November 23, 1892.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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 - Liability, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 147 U.S. 101
  • 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: Horace Gray

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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