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CUMMINGS v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI (1867)

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CUMMINGS v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI
Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: March 15, 1866
Decided: January 14, 1867
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne

CUMMINGS v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1867. The case was argued before the court on March 15, 1866.

In a 5-4 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 Missouri State Trial 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - loyalty oath or non-Communist affidavit (other than bar applicants, government employees, political party, or teacher)
  • Petitioner: Arrested person, or pretrial detainee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 71 U.S. 277
  • 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: 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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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