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GARNEAU v. DOZIER (1879)

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GARNEAU v. DOZIER |
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Term: 1879 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 10, 1879 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
GARNEAU v. DOZIER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 10, 1879.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
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: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 100 U.S. 7
- 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: 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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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