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DENNISON v. ALEXANDER (1880)

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DENNISON v. ALEXANDER
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Decided: December 13, 1880
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

DENNISON v. ALEXANDER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1880.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: District of Columbia
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 522
  • 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: Morrison Waite

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.

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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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