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WEYERHAUESER v. MINNESOTA (1900)

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WEYERHAUESER v. MINNESOTA
Term: 1899
Important Dates
Argued: January 30, 1900
Decided: February 26, 1900
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

WEYERHAUESER v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1900. The case was argued before the court on January 30, 1900.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
  • Petitioner state: Minnesota
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Minnesota
  • Citation: 176 U.S. 550
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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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