ROOT v. WOOLWORTH (1893)

ROOT v. WOOLWORTH
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1893
	Decided: November 27, 1893
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

ROOT v. WOOLWORTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1893. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1893.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: extraordinary relief (e.g., mandamus, injunction)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 150 U.S. 401
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: Howell Edmunds Jackson

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.