RED RIVER CATTLE COMPANY v. NEEDHAM (1891)

RED RIVER CATTLE COMPANY v. NEEDHAM
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Decided: January 5, 1891
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

RED RIVER CATTLE COMPANY v. NEEDHAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1891.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Food, meat packing, or processing company, stockyard
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 137 U.S. 632
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.