YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. ADAMS (May 20, 1901)

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YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. ADAMS
Term: 1900
Important Dates
Decided: May 20, 1901
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
David Josiah BrewerHenry Billings BrownMelville Weston FullerHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanJoseph McKennaRufus Wheeler PeckhamGeorge ShirasEdward Douglass White

YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY v. ADAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 1901.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Mississippi State Supreme Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Mississippi
  • Citation: 181 U.S. 580
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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