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AVERY v. HACKLEY (1874)

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AVERY v. HACKLEY
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

AVERY v. HACKLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 87 U.S. 407
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: David Davis

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 unspecifiable.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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