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BUTZ v. CITY OF MUSCATINE (1869)

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BUTZ v. CITY OF MUSCATINE
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: November 30, 1869
Decided: December 20, 1869
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-2
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Samuel Freeman Miller

BUTZ v. CITY OF MUSCATINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1869. The case was argued before the court on November 30, 1869.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. 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 Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 75 U.S. 575
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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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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