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WINONA & ST. PETER LAND COMPANY v. MINNESOTA (1895)

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WINONA & ST. PETER LAND COMPANY v. MINNESOTA
Term: 1895
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1895
Decided: November 11, 1895
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

WINONA & ST. PETER LAND COMPANY v. MINNESOTA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 11, 1895. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1895.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Minnesota State Supreme 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 - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • 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: Minnesota
  • Citation: 159 U.S. 540
  • 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: David Josiah Brewer

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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