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CHOUTEAU & OTHERS v. BARLOW, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE (1884)

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CHOUTEAU & OTHERS v. BARLOW, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1884
Decided: January 28, 1884
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

CHOUTEAU & OTHERS v. BARLOW, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1884. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1884.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 110 U.S. 238
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford

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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