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GILMAN v. PHILADELPHIA (1866)
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| GILMAN v. PHILADELPHIA |
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| Term: 1865 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 12, 1865 |
| Decided: January 29, 1866 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 5-3 |
| Majority |
| Salmon Portland Chase • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne |
| Dissenting |
| Nathan Clifford • David Davis • James Moore Wayne |
GILMAN v. PHILADELPHIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1866. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1865.
In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.
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: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
- Petitioner: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Pennsylvania
- Citation: 70 U.S. 713
- 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: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Noah Haynes Swayne
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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