NEW YORK GUARANTY COMPANY v. MEMPHIS WATER COMPANY (1883)

NEW YORK GUARANTY COMPANY v. MEMPHIS WATER COMPANY
	Term: 1882
Important Dates
	Argued: January 24, 1883
	Decided: March 12, 1883
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

NEW YORK GUARANTY COMPANY v. MEMPHIS WATER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1883. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1883.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Public utility
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 107 U.S. 205
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.