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BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY v. TRUSTEES OF SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (1875)

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BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY v. TRUSTEES OF SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Argued: November 16, 1875
Decided: December 6, 1875
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

BALTIMORE AND POTOMAC RAILROAD COMPANY v. TRUSTEES OF SIXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 1875. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1875.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Religious organization, institution, or person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 91 U.S. 127
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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.

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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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