WARNER VALLEY STOCK COMPANY v. SMITH (1897)

WARNER VALLEY STOCK COMPANY v. SMITH
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1896
	Decided: January 11, 1897
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White
Concurring
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown

WARNER VALLEY STOCK COMPANY v. SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1897. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1896.

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 Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 165 U.S. 28
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: 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.