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WESTERN AIR LINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. MCGILLIS (1888)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
WESTERN AIR LINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. MCGILLIS
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Decided: April 16, 1888
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman Miller

WESTERN AIR LINE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. MCGILLIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1888.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Construction industry
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 127 U.S. 776
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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