MANN v. TACOMA LAND COMPANY (1894)

MANN v. TACOMA LAND COMPANY
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: April 18, 1894
	Decided: April 30, 1894
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

MANN v. TACOMA LAND COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1894. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1894.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Washington.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - Submerged Lands Act (cf. federal-state ownership dispute)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 153 U.S. 273
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.