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COWDREY v. VANDENBURGH, 154 U.S. 659 (March 8, 1880)

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COWDREY v. VANDENBURGH |
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Term: 1879 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 8, 1880 |
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 |
COWDREY v. VANDENBURGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1880.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 154 U.S. 659
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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