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CRANDALL v. STATE OF NEVADA

Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1868
Decided: March 16, 1868
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Concurring
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford

CRANDALL v. STATE OF NEVADA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1868. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1868.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Nevada State Supreme Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Nevada
Citation: 73 U.S. 35
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: Salmon Portland Chase
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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