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DOWNHAM v. ALEXANDRIA (1870)

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DOWNHAM v. ALEXANDRIA
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1870
Decided: April 30, 1870
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

DOWNHAM v. ALEXANDRIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1870. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1870.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Virginia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 76 U.S. 659
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

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 liberal.

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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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