BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WOOD COUNTY v. LACKAWANA IRON AND COAL COMPANY (1877)

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WOOD COUNTY v. LACKAWANA IRON AND COAL COMPANY
	Term: 1876
Important Dates
	Decided: January 22, 1877
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF WOOD COUNTY v. LACKAWANA IRON AND COAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: Coal company or coal mine operator
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 93 U.S. 619
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: Noah Haynes Swayne

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.