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CANAL COMPANY v. HILL (1872)

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CANAL COMPANY v. HILL
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: November 8, 1872
Decided: December 16, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
David Davis • William Strong

CANAL COMPANY v. HILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 16, 1872. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1872.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 82 U.S. 94
  • 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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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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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