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LITTLE v. BOWERS (1890)
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| LITTLE v. BOWERS |
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| Term: 1889 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 3, 1890 |
| Decided: April 7, 1890 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
LITTLE v. BOWERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1890.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New Jersey State Appellate Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
- Petitioner: Person who guarantees another's obligations
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: New Jersey
- Citation: 134 U.S. 547
- 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: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
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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