BLYEW et al. v. UNITED STATES (1872)

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BLYEW et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1871
Decided: April 1, 1872
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-2
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Noah Haynes Swayne

BLYEW et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 1872. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1871.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 581
  • 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: William Strong

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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