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WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEARCE (1904)

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WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEARCE
Term: 1903
Important Dates
Decided: January 11, 1904
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownWilliam Rufus DayMelville Weston FullerJohn Marshall HarlanOliver Wendell HolmesJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamEdward Douglass White

WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. PEARCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1904.

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 Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 192 U.S. 179
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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.

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