YORK v. TEXAS (1890)
YORK v. TEXAS |
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Term: 1890 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 3, 1890 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-2 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • David Josiah Brewer • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar |
Dissenting |
Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray |
YORK v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 3, 1890.
In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
- Petitioner: Nonresident
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Texas
- Citation: 137 U.S. 15
- 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: David Josiah Brewer
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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