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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY v. LUCAS, TREASURER (1876)

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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY v. LUCAS, TREASURER
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Decided: November 6, 1876
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
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

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY v. LUCAS, TREASURER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 6, 1876.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana State Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Indiana
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Indiana
  • Citation: 93 U.S. 108
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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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