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In re SCHNEIDER, PETITIONER (1893)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
in re SCHNEIDER, PETITIONER
Term: 1892
Important Dates
Decided: March 14, 1893
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayHowell Edmunds JacksonGeorge 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.

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: 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.

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