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MOSHER v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY (1888)

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MOSHER v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY |
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Term: 1887 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 20, 1888 |
Decided: May 14, 1888 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller |
MOSHER v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1888. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1888.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 127 U.S. 390
- 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: Horace Gray
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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