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THORN WIRE HEDGE COMPANY v. WASHBURN AND MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: April 29, 1895
Decided: November 11, 1895
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

THORN WIRE HEDGE COMPANY v. WASHBURN AND MOEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1895. The case was argued before the court on April 29, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 159 U.S. 423
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: George Shiras

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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External links

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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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