COMMONWEALTH v. BOUTWELL (1872)

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COMMONWEALTH v. BOUTWELL |
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Term: 1871 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 8, 1872 |
Decided: March 25, 1872 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
COMMONWEALTH v. BOUTWELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1872. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1872.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Kentucky
- Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Treasury
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 80 U.S. 526
- How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
- 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: David Davis
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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