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GODFREY v. TERRY (1878)
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| GODFREY v. TERRY |
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| Term: 1877 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 11, 1878 |
| Decided: March 25, 1878 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne |
| Dissenting |
| Joseph Bradley • William Strong • Morrison Waite |
GODFREY v. TERRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 1878. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1878.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 97 U.S. 171
- 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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