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HOOVER, ASSIGNEE, v. WISE et al. (1876)

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HOOVER, ASSIGNEE, v. WISE et al.
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Decided: February 14, 1876
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Samuel Freeman Miller

HOOVER, ASSIGNEE, v. WISE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1876.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 91 U.S. 308
  • 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: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt

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 unspecifiable.

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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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