COUNTY OF DAVIESS v. HUIDEKOPER (1879)

COUNTY OF DAVIESS v. HUIDEKOPER
	Term: 1878
Important Dates
	Argued: December 18, 1878
	Decided: January 6, 1879
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

COUNTY OF DAVIESS v. HUIDEKOPER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1879. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1878.

In a 9-0 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: 98 U.S. 98
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.