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THE VICTORY & THE PLYMOTHIAN (1897)

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THE VICTORY & THE PLYMOTHIAN |
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Term: 1897 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 28, 1897 |
Decided: November 29, 1897 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
THE VICTORY & THE PLYMOTHIAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1897. The case was argued before the court on October 28, 1897.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 168 U.S. 410
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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