BELL v. RAILROAD COMPANY (1867)

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BELL v. RAILROAD COMPANY |
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Term: 1866 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 3, 1867 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne |
BELL v. RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1867.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
- Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: Mississippi
- Respondent type: Railroad
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 71 U.S. 598
- 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: David Davis
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.
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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