NELSON v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (1903)

NELSON v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1902
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1902
	Decided: January 26, 1903
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • George Shiras

NELSON v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1903. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1902.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 188 U.S. 108
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.