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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES NO. 1 (1903)

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OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES NO. 1
Term: 1902
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1903
Decided: April 6, 1903
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES NO. 1 is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1903. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1903.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Oregon U.S. Circuit for the District of Oregon.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 189 U.S. 103
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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 liberal.

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