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WINTERS v. ETHELL (1889)
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| WINTERS v. ETHELL |
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| Term: 1889 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 12, 1889 |
| Decided: November 25, 1889 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
WINTERS v. ETHELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 25, 1889. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1889.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Idaho Territorial Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- Petitioner: Holder of a license or permit, or applicant therefor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 132 U.S. 207
- 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: Samuel Blatchford
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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