RIO GRANDE IRRIGATION AND COLONIZATION COMPANY v. GILDERSLEEVE (1899)

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RIO GRANDE IRRIGATION AND COLONIZATION COMPANY v. GILDERSLEEVE
Term: 1898
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1899
Decided: May 15, 1899
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

RIO GRANDE IRRIGATION AND COLONIZATION COMPANY v. GILDERSLEEVE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 15, 1899. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1899.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 174 U.S. 603
  • 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: George Shiras

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.

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