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PORTER v. PITTSBURG BESSEMER STEEL CO. (LIMITED) (1887)

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PORTER v. PITTSBURG BESSEMER STEEL CO. (LIMITED) |
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Term: 1886 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 27, 1887 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
PORTER v. PITTSBURG BESSEMER STEEL CO. (LIMITED) is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1887.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Construction industry
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 122 U.S. 267
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford
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
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