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CASE OF THE SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1874
Decided: March 3, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Samuel Freeman Miller

CASE OF THE SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1874. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1874.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 85 U.S. 553
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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