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NATIONAL FOUNDRY AND PIPE WORKS v. OCONTO WATER SUPPLY CO. (1902)

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NATIONAL FOUNDRY AND PIPE WORKS v. OCONTO WATER SUPPLY CO.
Term: 1901
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 1901
Decided: January 6, 1902
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

NATIONAL FOUNDRY AND PIPE WORKS v. OCONTO WATER SUPPLY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1902. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 183 U.S. 216
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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.

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