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HARRISON v. MORTON (1898)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HARRISON v. MORTON
Term: 1897
Important Dates
Argued: May 2, 1898
Decided: May 23, 1898
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White

HARRISON v. MORTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 1898. The case was argued before the court on May 2, 1898.

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

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 - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 171 U.S. 38
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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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