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CHENEY v. HUGHES (1891)

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CHENEY v. HUGHES
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: January 12, 1891
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

CHENEY v. HUGHES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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 - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 138 U.S. 403
  • 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: 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.

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