UNION TRUST COMPANY v. SOUTHERN INLAND NAVIGATION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (1889)

UNION TRUST COMPANY v. SOUTHERN INLAND NAVIGATION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
	Term: 1888
Important Dates
	Argued: March 11, 1889
	Decided: April 22, 1889
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

UNION TRUST COMPANY v. SOUTHERN INLAND NAVIGATION AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1889. The case was argued before the court on March 11, 1889.

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

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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: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
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: 130 U.S. 565
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: John Marshall Harlan

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.