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GOULD v. EVANSVILLE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE R.R. CO

Term: 1875
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1876
Decided: February 21, 1876
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley

GOULD v. EVANSVILLE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE R.R. CO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1876. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1876.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 91 U.S. 526
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: Nathan Clifford

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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