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STEWART v. MASTERSON (1888)

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STEWART v. MASTERSON
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Decided: January 30, 1888
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

STEWART v. MASTERSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 30, 1888.

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

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 - Assessment of costs or damages: as part of a court order
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 124 U.S. 493
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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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