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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CLUSS (1881)

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CLUSS
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: March 8, 1881
Decided: March 21, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CLUSS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1881. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1881.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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: 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: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: District of Columbia
  • Respondent type: Government contractor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 705
  • 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 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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