American Publishing Company v. Fisher

American Publishing Company v. Fisher, 166 U.S. 464 (1897), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Utah Territory's failure to require unanimity in their civil juries violated the Seventh Amendment and the territory's organic act.

American Publishing Company v. Fisher
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 12, 1897
Full case name	American Publishing Company v. Fisher
Citations	166 U.S. 464 (more)
Holding
The Utah Territory's failure to require unanimity in their civil juries violated the Seventh Amendment and the territory's organic act.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr. Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham
Case opinion
Majority	Brewer, joined by unanimous

Significance

To establish that the Seventh Amendment required unanimous civil juries, this case declared that "...unanimity was one of the peculiar and essential features of trial by jury at the common law. No authorities are needed to sustain this proposition."

External links

• Text of American Publishing Company v. Fisher, 166 U.S. 464 (1897) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia