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Ex parte DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD (1864)

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ex parte DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
Term: 1863
Important Dates
Decided: January 5, 1864
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ex parte DUBUQUE AND PACIFIC RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1864.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. District Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 68 U.S. 69
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Catron

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 conservative.

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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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