MCGOURKEY v. TOLEDO AND OHIO CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY (1892) - Ballotpedia

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MCGOURKEY v. TOLEDO AND OHIO CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY

Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 1892
Decided: December 19, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • George Shiras
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller

MCGOURKEY v. TOLEDO AND OHIO CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1892. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1892.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 146 U.S. 536
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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