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POWELL v. PENNSYLVANIA (1888)
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| POWELL v. PENNSYLVANIA |
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| Term: 1887 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 4, 1888 |
| Decided: April 9, 1888 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 7-1 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller |
| Dissenting |
| Stephen Johnson Field |
POWELL v. PENNSYLVANIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1888. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1888.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.
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: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
- Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Pennsylvania
- Citation: 127 U.S. 678
- 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: 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 liberal.
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