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NISHIMURA EKIU v. UNITED STATES (1892)

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NISHIMURA EKIU v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1891
Decided: January 18, 1892
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer

NISHIMURA EKIU v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1892. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1891.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 142 U.S. 651
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 conservative.

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