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OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED (1889)

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OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED |
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Term: 1888 |
Important Dates |
Argued: May 1, 1888 |
Decided: March 5, 1889 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
7-1 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
Dissenting |
Stephen Johnson Field |
OREGON RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY v. OREGONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1889. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1888.
In a 7-1 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 Oregon U.S. Circuit for the District of Oregon.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 130 U.S. 1
- 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 Freeman Miller
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 unspecifiable.
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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