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OTIS v. PARKER (1903)

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OTIS v. PARKER |
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Term: 1902 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 11, 1902 |
Decided: January 5, 1903 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
Dissenting |
David Josiah Brewer • Rufus Wheeler Peckham |
OTIS v. PARKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1903. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1902.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Broker, stock exchange, investment or securities firm
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 187 U.S. 606
- 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: Oliver Wendell Holmes
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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