HOGE, COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, et al., v. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY (1876) - Ballotpedia

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HOGE, COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, et al., v. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1876
Important Dates
Decided: October 16, 1876
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

HOGE, COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, et al., v. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 16, 1876.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the South Carolina U.S. Circuit for the District of South Carolina.

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

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: miscellaneous
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 93 U.S. 1
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: Morrison Waite

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.

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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