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WILSON v. NORTH CAROLINA (1898)

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WILSON v. NORTH CAROLINA
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Decided: March 21, 1898
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

WILSON v. NORTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1898.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the North Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
  • Petitioner: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Petitioner state: North Carolina
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: North Carolina
  • Citation: 169 U.S. 586
  • 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: Rufus Wheeler Peckham

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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