WILSON v. OSWEGO TOWNSHIP (1894)

WILSON v. OSWEGO TOWNSHIP
	Term: 1893
Important Dates
	Argued: December 20, 1893
	Decided: January 3, 1894
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras

WILSON v. OSWEGO TOWNSHIP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1894. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1893.

In an 8-0 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 Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 151 U.S. 56
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: Howell Edmunds Jackson

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.