HENDERSON et al. v. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK et al. (1876)

HENDERSON et al. v. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK et al.
	Term: 1875
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1876
	Decided: March 20, 1876
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

HENDERSON et al. v. MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 1876. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1876.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New York
Citation: 92 U.S. 259
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.