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FORBES v. GRACEY (1877)

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FORBES v. GRACEY
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Decided: May 7, 1877
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

FORBES v. GRACEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1877.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nevada U.S. Circuit for the District of Nevada.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Nevada
  • Citation: 94 U.S. 762
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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 conservative.

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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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