JOHN MACGWIRE v. MARY L. TYLER ET AL (1869)

JOHN MACGWIRE v. MARY L. TYLER ET AL
	Term: 1868
Important Dates
	Argued: April 9, 1869
	Decided: November 15, 1869
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
	Robert Cooper Grier

JOHN MACGWIRE v. MARY L. TYLER ET AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 15, 1869. The case was argued before the court on April 9, 1869.

In a 6-1 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: Judicial Power - no merits: remand to determine basis of state or federal court decision (cf. judicial administration: state law)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 75 U.S. 668
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: Nathan Clifford

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.