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MINNESOTA v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY (1902)

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MINNESOTA v. NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1902
Decided: February 24, 1902
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward 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.

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