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LOUISIANA v. TEXAS (1900)

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LOUISIANA v. TEXAS
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Decided: January 15, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge Shiras
Concurring
Henry Billings BrownJohn Marshall HarlanEdward Douglass White

LOUISIANA v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: impartial decision maker
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Louisiana
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 176 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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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