MINNEAPOLIS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. KERR MURRAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1887)

MINNEAPOLIS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. KERR MURRAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	Term: 1886
Important Dates
	Argued: May 9, 1887
	Decided: May 27, 1887
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

MINNEAPOLIS GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. KERR MURRAY MANUFACTURING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1887. The case was argued before the court on May 9, 1887.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Electric or hydroelectric power utility, power cooperative, or gas and electric company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Manufacturer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 122 U.S. 300
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Matthews

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.