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RANDOLPH'S EXECUTOR v. QUIDNICK COMPANY (1890)

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RANDOLPH'S EXECUTOR v. QUIDNICK COMPANY |
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Term: 1889 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 13, 1890 |
Decided: April 14, 1890 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
RANDOLPH'S EXECUTOR v. QUIDNICK COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1890. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1890.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Business, corporation
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 135 U.S. 457
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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