LEONARD v. VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1905)

LEONARD v. VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1904
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1905
	Decided: May 29, 1905
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham

LEONARD v. VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1905. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1905.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
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: 198 U.S. 416
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.