CUNNINGHAM v. MACON & BRUNSWICK RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHERS (1883)

CUNNINGHAM v. MACON & BRUNSWICK RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHERS
	Term: 1883
Important Dates
	Argued: November 2, 1883
	Decided: December 3, 1883
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan

CUNNINGHAM v. MACON & BRUNSWICK RAILROAD COMPANY AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1883. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1883.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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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: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 109 U.S. 446
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: 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 conservative.