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Ex parte EASTON (1877)

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ex parte EASTON
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Decided: November 5, 1877
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordStephen Johnson FieldWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

ex parte EASTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 95 U.S. 68
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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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