CUNNINGHAM v. NORTON (1888)

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CUNNINGHAM v. NORTON
Term: 1887
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1887
Decided: March 19, 1888
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison Waite

CUNNINGHAM v. NORTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1888. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1887.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Texas.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 125 U.S. 77
  • 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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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