SOUTH BRANCH LUMBER COMPANY v. OTT (1892)

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SOUTH BRANCH LUMBER COMPANY v. OTT |
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Term: 1891 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 18, 1891 |
Decided: January 18, 1892 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
SOUTH BRANCH LUMBER COMPANY v. OTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 18, 1892. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1891.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
- Petitioner: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
- 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: 142 U.S. 622
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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
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- Supreme Court of the United States
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