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CLARK v. UNITED STATES (1877)

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CLARK v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 1877
Decided: December 17, 1877
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Concurring
Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller

CLARK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1877. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Government contractor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 95 U.S. 539
  • 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: 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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