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SMITH v. GALE (1892)
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| SMITH v. GALE |
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| Term: 1891 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 23, 1892 |
| Decided: April 11, 1892 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
SMITH v. GALE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1892. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1892.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Dakota Territorial Trial Court.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- 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: 144 U.S. 509
- 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: Henry Billings Brown
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.
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