AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FISHER (1897)

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FISHER
	Term: 1896
Important Dates
	Argued: March 29, 1897
	Decided: April 12, 1897
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

AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY v. FISHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 12, 1897. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 1897.

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 Utah Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Jury trial (right to, as distinct from extra-legal jury influences)
Petitioner: Publisher, publishing company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 166 U.S. 464
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 liberal.