SAGE v. MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD COMPANY (1888) - Ballotpedia

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SAGE v. MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1887
Important Dates
Argued: January 6, 1888
Decided: March 19, 1888
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

SAGE v. MEMPHIS AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1888. The case was argued before the court on January 6, 1888.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 125 U.S. 361
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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