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DORSHEIMER v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1868
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 1869
Decided: March 15, 1869
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Samuel Nelson

DORSHEIMER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1869. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 1869.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 74 U.S. 166
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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