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NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY v. FIFTH NATIONAL BANK (1890)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY v. FIFTH NATIONAL BANK
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1889
Decided: May 5, 1890
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD COMPANY v. FIFTH NATIONAL BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1889.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 135 U.S. 432
  • 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: Horace Gray

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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