WILLIAM M. FISHBACK v. THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY (1896)

WILLIAM M. FISHBACK v. THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY
	Term: 1895
Important Dates
	Argued: January 23, 1896
	Decided: March 2, 1896
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

WILLIAM M. FISHBACK v. THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1896. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 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 Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
Petitioner state: Arkansas
Respondent type: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 161 U.S. 101
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.