OXLEY STAVE COMPANY v. BUTLER COUNTY (1897)

OXLEY STAVE COMPANY v. BUTLER COUNTY
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: March 19, 1897
	Decided: April 19, 1897
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

OXLEY STAVE COMPANY v. BUTLER COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1897. The case was argued before the court on March 19, 1897.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 166 U.S. 648
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: 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 conservative.