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LAWTON v. STEELE (1894)

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LAWTON v. STEELE
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Decided: March 5, 1894
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller

LAWTON v. STEELE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1894.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York 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 or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 152 U.S. 133
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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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