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HEPBURN v. GRISWOLD (1870)

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HEPBURN v. GRISWOLD
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1868
Decided: February 7, 1870
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Nelson
Dissenting
David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne

HEPBURN v. GRISWOLD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 7, 1870. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1868.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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: Economic Activity - Miscellaneous economic regulation
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 75 U.S. 603
  • 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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