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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AUSTIN (1890)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AUSTIN
Term: 1889
Important Dates
Decided: May 5, 1890
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSamuel Freeman Miller

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. AUSTIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1890.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Minnesota State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, 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 - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • 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: 135 U.S. 315
  • 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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