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WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOURVILLE (1900)

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WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOURVILLE
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Decided: December 3, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Billings Brown • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
David Josiah Brewer • Melville Weston Fuller • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras

WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY v. TOURVILLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1900.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 179 U.S. 322
  • 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: Edward Douglass White

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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