UNITED STATES v. BREWER (1891)

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UNITED STATES v. BREWER |
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Term: 1890 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 13, 1891 |
Decided: March 23, 1891 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
UNITED STATES v. BREWER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 1891. The case was argued before the court on March 13, 1891.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: certification (cf. objection to reason for denial of certiorari or appeal)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 139 U.S. 278
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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: Samuel Blatchford
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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