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BARNEY v. SCHMEIDER (1870)
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| BARNEY v. SCHMEIDER |
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| Term: 1869 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 16, 1870 |
| Decided: March 7, 1870 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 7-0 |
| Majority |
| Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
BARNEY v. SCHMEIDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1870. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1870.
In a 7-0 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 New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
- Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Petitioner state: United States
- Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 76 U.S. 248
- 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: 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.
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