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COOKE et al. v. UNITED STATES (1875)

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COOKE et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Argued: October 12, 1875
Decided: November 29, 1875
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-3
Majority
David Davis • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field

COOKE et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1875. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 1875.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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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: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 91 U.S. 389
  • 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 conservative.

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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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