MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. CANE CREEK TOWNSHIP (1894)

MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. CANE CREEK TOWNSHIP
	Term: 1894
Important Dates
	Decided: December 3, 1894
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. CANE CREEK TOWNSHIP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1894.

In an 8-0 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 South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Construction industry
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 155 U.S. 283
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.