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NESBIT v. RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT (1892)

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NESBIT v. RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT |
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Term: 1891 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 18, 1892 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-1 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
Dissenting |
John Marshall Harlan |
NESBIT v. RIVERSIDE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1892.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
- Respondent state: Iowa
- Citation: 144 U.S. 610
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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