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SIMMONS v. BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: November 1, 1894
Decided: October 21, 1895
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

SIMMONS v. BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 21, 1895. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 1894.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 159 U.S. 278
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 liberal.

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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