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NISHIMURA EKIU v. UNITED STATES (1892)

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NISHIMURA EKIU v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1891 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 16, 1891 |
Decided: January 18, 1892 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-1 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius 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.
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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