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BARNEY v. BALTIMORE CITY

Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: December 18, 1867
Decided: February 10, 1868
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field

BARNEY v. BALTIMORE CITY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1868. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1867.

In a 5-3 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 Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 73 U.S. 280
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: 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 unspecifiable.

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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