MANCHESTER v. MASSACHUSETTS (1891)

MANCHESTER v. MASSACHUSETTS
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1891
	Decided: March 16, 1891
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

MANCHESTER v. MASSACHUSETTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1891. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Fisherman or fishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 139 U.S. 240
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: Samuel Blatchford

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.