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DUGGER v. BOCOCK (1882)

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DUGGER v. BOCOCK
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 1881
Decided: January 16, 1882
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

DUGGER v. BOCOCK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1882. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1881.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

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 a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 104 U.S. 596
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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