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ex parte RAILWAY COMPANY

Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1880
Decided: February 2, 1880
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Noah Haynes Swayne

ex parte RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1880. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1880.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Colorado U.S. Circuit for the District of Colorado.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 101 U.S. 711
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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