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STATE OF WISCONSIN v. PELICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (1888)

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STATE OF WISCONSIN v. PELICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1887
Decided: May 14, 1888
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller

STATE OF WISCONSIN v. PELICAN INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1888. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1887.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Wisconsin
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 127 U.S. 265
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Horace Gray

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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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