MARTIN'S ADMINISTRATOR v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY (1894)

MARTIN'S ADMINISTRATOR v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1893
	Decided: February 5, 1894
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

MARTIN'S ADMINISTRATOR v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1894. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1893.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of West Virginia.

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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: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 151 U.S. 673
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: Horace Gray

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.