SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM COAL, IRON AND RAILWAY COMPANY v. GORDON (1894)

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SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM COAL, IRON AND RAILWAY COMPANY v. GORDON
Term: 1893
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1893
Decided: January 15, 1894
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge Shiras

SHEFFIELD AND BIRMINGHAM COAL, IRON AND RAILWAY COMPANY v. GORDON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1894. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1893.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Construction industry
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 151 U.S. 285
  • 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: Henry Billings Brown

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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