MARSHALL v. HOLMES (1891)

MARSHALL v. HOLMES
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: April 6, 1891
	Decided: November 9, 1891
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
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

MARSHALL v. HOLMES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 9, 1891. The case was argued before the court on April 6, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 141 U.S. 589
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.