BENTLEY v. COYNE (1867)

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BENTLEY v. COYNE |
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Term: 1866 |
Important Dates |
Decided: April 22, 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 |
BENTLEY v. COYNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1867.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 71 U.S. 509
- 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: Nathan Clifford
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 liberal.
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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