LAWRENCE v. RECTOR (1890)

LAWRENCE v. RECTOR
	Term: 1890
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1890
	Decided: November 17, 1890
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

LAWRENCE v. RECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 17, 1890. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1890.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 137 U.S. 139
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: David Josiah Brewer

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 unspecifiable.