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Ex parte MCNIEL (1872)
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| ex parte MCNIEL |
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| Term: 1871 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 26, 1872 |
| Decided: March 25, 1872 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
ex parte MCNIEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1872. The case was argued before the court on January 26, 1872.
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 Chase Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Judge
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 80 U.S. 236
- How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
- 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: Noah Haynes Swayne
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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