PROVIDENCE AND STONINGTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. CLARE'S ADMINISTRATRIX (1888)

PROVIDENCE AND STONINGTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. CLARE'S ADMINISTRATRIX
	Term: 1887
Important Dates
	Argued: April 26, 1888
	Decided: May 14, 1888
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller

PROVIDENCE AND STONINGTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. CLARE'S ADMINISTRATRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1888. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1888.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 127 U.S. 45
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: 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 conservative.