The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888–1910Univ of South Carolina Press, 2012 M11 1 - 257 pages A study of the man who led the Supreme Court as the nineteenth century ended and the twentieth began, exploring issues of property, government authority, and more. |
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... patent case , which had received widespread public attention . " The case is one on which you will have a good opportunity to make your first exposition of national law in your character as Chief Justice , ” Lamar explained . “ I do not ...
... patent and admiralty cases to Justices Samuel Blatchford and Henry Billings Brown and opinions involving mining law to Field. Fuller also considered a justice's ability to hold a majority together. One historian has suggested, for ...
... Patent cases and private law matters involving state law under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction composed much of the increased flow of appeals . This burden rendered impossible the prompt and efficient administration of 70 justice ...
... the justices also called for creation of a court of patent appeals and the transfer of current cases on the Supreme Court docket to the new tribunals.72 Hence ... Fuller mounted a campaign to lobby Congress for legislation reforming.
... patent, revenue, or admiralty law were reviewable only by a discretionary writ of certiorari. The Court could thus refuse to hear cases not deemed to be of sufficient importance. On the other hand, Congress did not permit the transfer ...
Contents
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Conservative Jurisprudence in the Age of Enterprise | |
Safeguarding Entrepreneurial Liberty | |
Defending the National Market | |
Civil Liberties Equal Rights and Criminal Justice | |
Issues of Government | |
Private Litigation | |
Betting on the Future | |