LINDSAY AND PHELPS COMPANY v. MULLEN (1900)

LINDSAY AND PHELPS COMPANY v. MULLEN
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Argued: April 6, 1899
	Decided: January 15, 1900
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras
Dissenting
	Henry Billings Brown • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

LINDSAY AND PHELPS COMPANY v. MULLEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1900. The case was argued before the court on April 6, 1899.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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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: Timber company
Petitioner state: Minnesota
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Minnesota
Citation: 176 U.S. 126
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 liberal.