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CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, &C., RAILROAD v. MCCLUN (1886)

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CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, &C., RAILROAD v. MCCLUN |
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Term: 1886 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 12, 1886 |
Decided: December 13, 1886 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, &C., RAILROAD v. MCCLUN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1886. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1886.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 119 U.S. 454
- 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: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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