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UNITED STATES v. HARSHA (1899)

| UNITED STATES v. HARSHA |
|---|
| Term: 1898 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: January 23, 1899 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| 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. HARSHA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1899.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Respondent state: Michigan
- Citation: 172 U.S. 567
- 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: Horace Gray
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.
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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