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COUNTY OF BATES v. WINTERS (1878)

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COUNTY OF BATES v. WINTERS
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Decided: February 25, 1878
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

COUNTY OF BATES v. WINTERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1878.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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 - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 97 U.S. 83
  • 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: Ward Hunt

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.

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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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