LEFTWITCH v. LECANU (1867)

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LEFTWITCH v. LECANU |
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Term: 1866 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 16, 1867 |
Decided: January 28, 1867 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne |
LEFTWITCH v. LECANU is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1867. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1867.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
- Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 71 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: Salmon Portland Chase
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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