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ANDERSON v. WATT

Term: 1890
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1891
Decided: March 2, 1891
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer

ANDERSON v. WATT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1891. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1891.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 138 U.S. 694
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: Melville Weston Fuller

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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