Ex parte YERGER (1869)
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| ex parte YERGER |
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| Term: 1869 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 15, 1869 |
| Decided: October 25, 1869 |
| Outcome |
| Stay, petition, or motion granted |
| Vote |
| 7-1 |
| Majority |
| Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
| Dissenting |
| Samuel Freeman Miller |
ex parte YERGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 25, 1869. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1869.
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase 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: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 75 U.S. 85
- 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: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase
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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