COUNTY OF OUACHITA v. WOLCOTT (1881) - Ballotpedia

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COUNTY OF OUACHITA v. WOLCOTT

Term: 1880
Important Dates
Decided: April 11, 1881
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

COUNTY OF OUACHITA v. WOLCOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1881.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Arkansas
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 103 U.S. 559
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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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