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Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES (1872)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1872
Decided: May 6, 1872
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 6, 1872. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1872.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, 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: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of Claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 83 U.S. 699
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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