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In re SCHNEIDER, PETITIONER (1893)

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in re SCHNEIDER, PETITIONER |
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Term: 1892 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 14, 1893 |
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 • Howell Edmunds Jackson • George Shiras |
in re SCHNEIDER, PETITIONER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1893.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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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: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Court or judicial district
- Respondent state: District of Columbia
- Citation: 148 U.S. 157
- 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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