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ATKINS v. THE DISINTEGRATING COMPANY

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: April 8, 1873
Decided: January 5, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong

ATKINS v. THE DISINTEGRATING COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1874. The case was argued before the court on April 8, 1873.

In a 6-2 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 New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 85 U.S. 272
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: Noah Haynes Swayne

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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