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Ex parte BOYER & ANOTHER (1884)

| ex parte BOYER & ANOTHER |
|---|
| Term: 1883 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: January 7, 1884 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
ex parte BOYER & ANOTHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1884.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Judge
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 109 U.S. 629
- How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Blatchford
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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