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BARBOUR v. PRIEST (1881)

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BARBOUR v. PRIEST
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Decided: April 4, 1881
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

BARBOUR v. PRIEST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1881.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 293
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.

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