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Ex parte CROW DOG (1883)

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ex parte CROW DOG |
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Term: 1883 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 26, 1883 |
Decided: December 17, 1883 |
Outcome |
Stay, petition, or motion granted |
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 CROW DOG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1883. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 1883.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the South Dakota Territorial 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
- Petitioner: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 109 U.S. 556
- 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: Stanley Matthews
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
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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