TAYLOR AND MARSHALL v. BECKHAM, 178 U.S. 548 (May 21, 1900) - Ballotpedia

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TAYLOR AND MARSHALL v. BECKHAM

Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: May 1, 1900
Decided: May 21, 1900
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • John Marshall Harlan

TAYLOR AND MARSHALL v. BECKHAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 21, 1900. The case was argued before the court on May 1, 1900.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 178 U.S. 548
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

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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