Citation

118 U.S. 375

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Samuel Miller

Justices Participating

  • Horace Gray | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Harlan | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Joseph Bradley | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Morrison Waite | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Samuel Blatchford | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Samuel Miller | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • Stephen Field | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Stanley Matthews | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • William Woods | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* Major Crimes Act

Subopinions

Subopinion 1

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

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