COUNTY OF CASS v. GILLETT (1879)

COUNTY OF CASS v. GILLETT
	Term: 1879
Important Dates
	Argued: November 13, 1879
	Decided: December 8, 1879
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

COUNTY OF CASS v. GILLETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1879. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1879.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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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: 100 U.S. 585
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: Joseph Bradley

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.