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KNOWLES v. THE GASLIGHT AND COKE COMPANY

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Decided: March 2, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

KNOWLES v. THE GASLIGHT AND COKE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1874.

In an 8-0 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 Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 86 U.S. 58
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: Joseph Bradley

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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External links

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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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