NEW ENGLAND MORTGAGE SECURITY COMPANY v. GAY (1892)

NEW ENGLAND MORTGAGE SECURITY COMPANY v. GAY
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: March 22, 1892
	Decided: May 2, 1892
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

NEW ENGLAND MORTGAGE SECURITY COMPANY v. GAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 2, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 1892.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 145 U.S. 123
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: Henry Billings Brown

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.