NEW ORLEANS v. BENJAMIN (1894)

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NEW ORLEANS v. BENJAMIN |
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Term: 1893 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 14, 1894 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
NEW ORLEANS v. BENJAMIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1894.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Louisiana
- Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 153 U.S. 411
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Melville Weston Fuller
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.
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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