HOMESTEAD COMPANY v. VALLEY RAILROAD (1873)

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HOMESTEAD COMPANY v. VALLEY RAILROAD
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1873
Decided: April 28, 1873
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

HOMESTEAD COMPANY v. VALLEY RAILROAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 28, 1873. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1873.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 84 U.S. 153
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: David Davis

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 liberal.

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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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