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BERGNER v. PALETHORP (1876)

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BERGNER v. PALETHORP |
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Term: 1875 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 27, 1876 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
BERGNER v. PALETHORP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1876.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 131 U.S. ccviii
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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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