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FARNSWORTH v. TERRITORY OF MONTANA (1889)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
FARNSWORTH v. TERRITORY OF MONTANA
Term: 1888
Important Dates
Argued: November 23, 1888
Decided: January 14, 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

FARNSWORTH v. TERRITORY OF MONTANA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1889. The case was argued before the court on November 23, 1888.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Montana 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Montana
  • Citation: 129 U.S. 104
  • 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: 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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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