NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. WASHINGTON TERRITORY EX REL. DUSTIN (1892)

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. WASHINGTON TERRITORY EX REL. DUSTIN
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: March 24, 1891
	Decided: January 4, 1892
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. WASHINGTON TERRITORY EX REL. DUSTIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1891.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 142 U.S. 492
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 conservative.