MORLEY v. LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (1892) - Ballotpedia

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MORLEY v. LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

Term: 1892
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1888
Decided: November 14, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • George Shiras
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan

MORLEY v. LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 14, 1892. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1888.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 146 U.S. 162
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: 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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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