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HAVEMEYER v. IOWA COUNTY (1866)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HAVEMEYER v. IOWA COUNTY
Term: 1865
Important Dates
Argued: December 13, 1865
Decided: January 2, 1866
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes SwayneJames Moore Wayne

HAVEMEYER v. IOWA COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1866. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1865.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Wisconsin
  • Citation: 70 U.S. 294
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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