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BARTEMEYER v. IOWA (1874)

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BARTEMEYER v. IOWA
Term: 1873
Important Dates
Decided: March 4, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong
Concurring
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Noah Haynes Swayne

BARTEMEYER v. IOWA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1874.

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

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 85 U.S. 129
  • 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: 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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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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