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UNITED STATES v. COE (1899)

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UNITED STATES v. COE |
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Term: 1898 |
Important Dates |
Decided: May 22, 1899 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Joseph McKenna • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. COE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 22, 1899.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
- Petitioner: United States
- 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: 174 U.S. 578
- 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: 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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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