In re RAPIER, PETITIONER. (1892)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re RAPIER, PETITIONER.
Term: 1891
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1891
Decided: February 1, 1892
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

in re RAPIER, PETITIONER. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1892. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1891.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Alabama Southern U.S. District 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: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
  • Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 143 U.S. 110
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • 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 liberal.

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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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