UNITED STATES v. BELLINGHAM BAY BOOM COMPANY (1900)

UNITED STATES v. BELLINGHAM BAY BOOM COMPANY
	Term: 1899
Important Dates
	Decided: January 29, 1900
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

UNITED STATES v. BELLINGHAM BAY BOOM COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 176 U.S. 211
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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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.