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HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS v. ROUSE

Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: November 23, 1869
Decided: December 20, 1869
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller

HOME OF THE FRIENDLESS v. ROUSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1869. The case was argued before the court on November 23, 1869.

In a 5-3 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 Missouri State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Eleemosynary institution or person
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Missouri
Citation: 75 U.S. 430
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: 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 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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