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REAGAN v. AIKEN (1891)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
REAGAN v. AIKEN
Term: 1890
Important Dates
Decided: January 26, 1891
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyDavid Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownStephen Johnson FieldMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar

REAGAN v. AIKEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1891.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.

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: Privacy - Privacy (cf. libel, comity: privacy)
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 138 U.S. 109
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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