Fuller Court

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The Fuller Court was the era of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller (1888–1910), noted for decisions that often favored laissez-faire economic policies and limited federal regulatory power.

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Fuller Court canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
apexCourt Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedByPresidents Benjamin Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grover Cleveland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Howard Taft NERFINISHED ⓘ
William McKinley NERFINISHED ⓘ
authority Article III of the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
chairperson Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy judicial conservatism in economic matters ⓘ
reluctance to uphold social welfare legislation ⓘ
chiefJustice Melville W. Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition nine justices (by statute) ⓘ
constitutionalFocus Commerce Clause interpretation ⓘ
Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1910 ⓘ
followedBy White Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext Gilded Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
Progressive Era NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy laissez-faire constitutionalism ⓘ
substantive due process in economic regulation ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Melville W. Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCase Champion v. Ames NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education NERFINISHED ⓘ
Downes v. Bidwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
In re Debs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lochner v. New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Securities Co. v. United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plessy v. Ferguson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor decisions restricting economic regulation ⓘ
early development of substantive due process doctrine ⓘ
partOf history of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
precededBy Waite Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate 1888 ⓘ
tendency favoring business interests ⓘ
limited federal regulatory power ⓘ
narrow interpretation of federal commerce power ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White Court → follows → Fuller Court ⓘ
Melville W. Fuller → partOf → Fuller Court ⓘ
Melville Fuller → partOf → Fuller Court ⓘ
Stephen J. Field → partOf → Fuller Court ⓘ
Justice William R. Day → partOf → Fuller Court ⓘ
subject surface form: William R. Day
Dooley v. United States → hasEra → Fuller Court ⓘ