Ex parte DE GROOT (1868)

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ex parte DE GROOT
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 1868
Decided: March 30, 1868
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

ex parte DE GROOT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1868. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1868.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 73 U.S. 497
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Nelson

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 unspecifiable.

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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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