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CROMWELL v. COUNTY OF SAC (1877)

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CROMWELL v. COUNTY OF SAC
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Decided: April 16, 1877
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-1
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford

CROMWELL v. COUNTY OF SAC is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 1877.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 94 U.S. 351
  • 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: 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.

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