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BATES VS. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (1862)

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BATES VS. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1861 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 25, 1862 |
Decided: March 10, 1862 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne |
BATES VS. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1862. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1862.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 66 U.S. 204
- 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: Roger Brooke Taney
- Who wrote the majority opinion: John Catron
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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