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Ex parte CLARKE (1880)

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ex parte CLARKE
Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: October 23, 1879
Decided: March 8, 1880
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Joseph BradleyJohn Marshall HarlanWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan CliffordStephen Johnson Field

ex parte CLARKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1880. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1879.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, 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 - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 100 U.S. 399
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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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