UNITED STATES v. MOSBY. (1890) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. MOSBY.

Term: 1889
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1890
Decided: February 3, 1890
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

UNITED STATES v. MOSBY. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1890. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1890.

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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Retired or former governmental employee
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 133 U.S. 273
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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