Fuller Court

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era of the Supreme Court of the United States judicial body

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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Label	Occurrences
Fuller Court canonical	6

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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 ⓘ