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HANDLIN v. WICKLIFFE (1871)

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HANDLIN v. WICKLIFFE
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1871
Decided: October 30, 1871
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

HANDLIN v. WICKLIFFE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 30, 1871. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1871.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
  • Petitioner: Judge
  • Petitioner state: Louisiana
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 79 U.S. 173
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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