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TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. SCOTT (1890)

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TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. SCOTT
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: November 10, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY v. SCOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1890.

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 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Resident
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 137 U.S. 436
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 unspecifiable.

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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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