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CONNELLSVILLE AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD v. BALTIMORE

Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1867
Decided: April 29, 1867
Outcome
No disposition
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

CONNELLSVILLE AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD v. BALTIMORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 1867. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1867.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 154 U.S. 553
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Salmon Portland Chase

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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