PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA EX REL. HASTINGS v. JACKSON & ANOTHER (1884)

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA EX REL. HASTINGS v. JACKSON & ANOTHER
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Decided: November 17, 1884
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA EX REL. HASTINGS v. JACKSON & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1884.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 112 U.S. 233
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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.