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Ex parte VIRGINIA (1880)
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| ex parte VIRGINIA |
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| Term: 1879 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 14, 1879 |
| Decided: March 1, 1880 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 7-2 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
| Dissenting |
| Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field |
ex parte VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1880. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1879.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia Western 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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
- Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 100 U.S. 339
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong
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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