UNITED STATES v. VAN IDERSTINE (1898)

| UNITED STATES v. VAN IDERSTINE |
|---|
| Term: 1898 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 8, 1898 |
| Decided: December 5, 1898 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 4-4 |
| Equally divided vote |
| David Josiah Brewer • Henry Billings Brown • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Rufus Wheeler Peckham • George Shiras • Edward Douglass White |
UNITED STATES v. VAN IDERSTINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 1898. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1898.
In a 4-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
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About the case
- Subject matter: -
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 172 U.S. 642
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Equally divided vote
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
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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