MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY v. WALTHERS (1890)

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MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY v. WALTHERS
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY v. WALTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1890.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Private person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 134 U.S. 41
  • 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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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