ARNDT v. GRIGGS (1890)

ARNDT v. GRIGGS
	Term: 1889
Important Dates
	Decided: March 17, 1890
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller

ARNDT v. GRIGGS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1890.

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 Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
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: 134 U.S. 316
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.