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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AMATO (1892)

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AMATO |
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Term: 1891 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 11, 1892 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-2 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
Dissenting |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown |
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AMATO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1892.
In a 6-2 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.
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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Seller or vendor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 144 U.S. 465
- 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: Samuel Blatchford
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
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