POLLAK v. BRUSH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS (1888) - Ballotpedia

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POLLAK v. BRUSH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS

Term: 1888
Important Dates
Argued: October 29, 1888
Decided: November 19, 1888
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

POLLAK v. BRUSH ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 19, 1888. The case was argued before the court on October 29, 1888.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 128 U.S. 446
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 unspecifiable.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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