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MEXIA v. OLIVER (1893)
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| MEXIA v. OLIVER |
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| Term: 1892 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: April 17, 1893 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
MEXIA v. OLIVER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1893.
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 Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 148 U.S. 664
- 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: Samuel Blatchford
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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