TYLER v. JUDGES OF THE COURT OF REGISTRATION (1900)

TYLER v. JUDGES OF THE COURT OF REGISTRATION
	Term: 1900
Important Dates
	Argued: October 25, 1900
	Decided: December 17, 1900
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White
Dissenting
	David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • George Shiras

TYLER v. JUDGES OF THE COURT OF REGISTRATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1900. The case was argued before the court on October 25, 1900.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 179 U.S. 405
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 conservative.