UNITED STATES v. LAWS (1896)

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UNITED STATES v. LAWS |
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Term: 1895 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 18, 1896 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. LAWS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1896.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 163 U.S. 258
- 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: 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
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