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MOFFETT, HODGKINS AND CLARKE COMPANY v. ROCHESTER (1900)

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MOFFETT, HODGKINS AND CLARKE COMPANY v. ROCHESTER |
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Term: 1899 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 10, 1900 |
Decided: May 21, 1900 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
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 |
MOFFETT, HODGKINS AND CLARKE COMPANY v. ROCHESTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1900. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1900.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Construction industry
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 178 U.S. 373
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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: Joseph McKenna
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 unspecifiable.
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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