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LAMAR, EXECUTOR, v. BROWNE et al. (1876)

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LAMAR, EXECUTOR, v. BROWNE et al.
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1876
Decided: April 17, 1876
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Stephen Johnson Field

LAMAR, EXECUTOR, v. BROWNE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1876. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1876.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Treasury
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 92 U.S. 187
  • 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: Morrison Waite

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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