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LEE LUNG v. PATTERSON

Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1902
Decided: May 19, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

LEE LUNG v. PATTERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 19, 1902. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1902.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Oregon
Citation: 186 U.S. 168
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: Joseph McKenna

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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