ARMSTRONG'S FOUNDRY (1868)

ARMSTRONG'S FOUNDRY
	Term: 1867
Important Dates
	Argued: January 28, 1868
	Decided: March 25, 1868
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
	Samuel Freeman Miller

ARMSTRONG'S FOUNDRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1868. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1868.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 73 U.S. 766
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.