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ROGERS PARK WATER COMPANY v. FERGUS (1901)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ROGERS PARK WATER COMPANY v. FERGUS
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Argued: October 31, 1900
Decided: March 25, 1901
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • George Shiras
Dissenting
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • Edward Douglass White

ROGERS PARK WATER COMPANY v. FERGUS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1901. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 1900.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1900s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Fuller Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Public utility
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Resident
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 180 U.S. 624
  • 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: Joseph McKenna

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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