MACFARLAND v. JACKSON (1890)

MACFARLAND v. JACKSON
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: November 11, 1890
	Decided: November 24, 1890
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

MACFARLAND v. JACKSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 24, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 11, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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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: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 137 U.S. 258
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.