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FRELINGHUYSEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, v. KEY (1884)

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FRELINGHUYSEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, v. KEY
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1883
Decided: January 7, 1884
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

FRELINGHUYSEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, v. KEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1884. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1883.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Department or Secretary of State
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 110 U.S. 63
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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 unspecifiable.

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