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LITTLE & OTHERS v. GILES & ANOTHER (1886)

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LITTLE & OTHERS v. GILES & ANOTHER
Term: 1886
Important Dates
Decided: November 1, 1886
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison Waite

LITTLE & OTHERS v. GILES & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 1, 1886.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 118 U.S. 596
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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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