UNITED STATES EX REL. JONES v. COUNTY COURT OF MACON COUNTY (1892)

UNITED STATES EX REL. JONES v. COUNTY COURT OF MACON COUNTY
	Term: 1891
Important Dates
	Argued: March 29, 1892
	Decided: April 11, 1892
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

UNITED STATES EX REL. JONES v. COUNTY COURT OF MACON COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1892.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 144 U.S. 568
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: 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.