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BURR v. THE DES MOINES RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION COMPANY (1864)

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BURR v. THE DES MOINES RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION COMPANY
Term: 1863
Important Dates
Decided: February 1, 1864
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
10-0
Majority
John CatronNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes SwayneRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

BURR v. THE DES MOINES RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 1, 1864.

In a 10-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 68 U.S. 99
  • 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: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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