WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (1890)

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WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: October 27, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 27, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1890s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 137 U.S. 62
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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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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