BUCHANAN v. SMITH (1873)

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BUCHANAN v. SMITH
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1873
Decided: January 27, 1873
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley

BUCHANAN v. SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 27, 1873. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1873.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 83 U.S. 277
  • 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 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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