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SHIPMAN v. STRAITSVILLE CENTRAL MINING COMPANY (1895)

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SHIPMAN v. STRAITSVILLE CENTRAL MINING COMPANY
Term: 1894
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1895
Decided: May 20, 1895
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

SHIPMAN v. STRAITSVILLE CENTRAL MINING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1895. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1895.

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

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 - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mining company or miner, excluding coal, oil, or pipeline company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 158 U.S. 356
  • 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: 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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