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MINNESOTA v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY (1902)

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MINNESOTA v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY |
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Term: 1901 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 27, 1902 |
Decided: February 24, 1902 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
MINNESOTA v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1902. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1902.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Minnesota
- Respondent type: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 184 U.S. 199
- How the court took jurisdiction: Original
- 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: George Shiras
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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