THOMPSON v. MAXWELL LAND GRANT AND RAILWAY COMPANY (1897)

THOMPSON v. MAXWELL LAND GRANT AND RAILWAY COMPANY
	Term: 1897
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 1897
	Decided: December 6, 1897
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham
Dissenting
	George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

THOMPSON v. MAXWELL LAND GRANT AND RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1897. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1897.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 168 U.S. 451
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: David Josiah Brewer

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.