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THE E. A. PACKER, SCULLY CLAIMANT

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: April 3, 1891
Decided: May 11, 1891
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

THE E. A. PACKER, SCULLY CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 11, 1891. The case was argued before the court on April 3, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 140 U.S. 360
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Henry Billings Brown

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 liberal.

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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