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Ex parte ZELLNER (1870)

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ex parte ZELLNER
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1870
Decided: February 28, 1870
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
7-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

ex parte ZELLNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1870. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1870.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 76 U.S. 244
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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