TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HORN (1894)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HORN
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: December 13, 1893
	Decided: January 3, 1894
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HORN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1894. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1893.

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.

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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 federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 151 U.S. 110
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.