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CITY OF MEMPHIS v. BROWN (1874)

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CITY OF MEMPHIS v. BROWN
Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1874
Decided: April 6, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Concurring
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field

CITY OF MEMPHIS v. BROWN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1874. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Tennessee
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 87 U.S. 289
  • 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: Ward Hunt

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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