Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

BAILEY v. MAGWIRE, COLLECTOR (1875)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
BAILEY v. MAGWIRE, COLLECTOR
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: February 3, 1875
Decided: April 19, 1875
Outcome
Reversed
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

BAILEY v. MAGWIRE, COLLECTOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1875. The case was argued before the court on February 3, 1875.

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

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.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 89 U.S. 215
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 liberal.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=BAILEY_v._MAGWIRE,_COLLECTOR_(1875)&oldid=9484651"