CLIQUOT'S CHAMPAGNE (1866)
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| CLIQUOT'S CHAMPAGNE |
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| Term: 1865 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 11, 1866 |
| Decided: February 5, 1866 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne |
CLIQUOT'S CHAMPAGNE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1866. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1866.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements (cf. statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury)
- Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 70 U.S. 114
- 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: Noah Haynes Swayne
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 conservative.
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