MORGAN'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF HEALTH & ANOTHER (1886)

MORGAN'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF HEALTH & ANOTHER
	Term: 1885
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1886
	Decided: May 10, 1886
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	Joseph Bradley

MORGAN'S STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF HEALTH & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 10, 1886. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1886.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Louisiana
Citation: 118 U.S. 455
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.