CAPERTON v. BOWYER (1872)

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CAPERTON v. BOWYER
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: April 10, 1872
Decided: May 6, 1872
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

CAPERTON v. BOWYER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 6, 1872. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1872.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the West Virginia State Trial Court.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 81 U.S. 216
  • 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: 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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