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LIONBERGER v. ROUSE (1870)

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LIONBERGER v. ROUSE
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: March 16, 1870
Decided: April 4, 1870
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

LIONBERGER v. ROUSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1870. The case was argued before the court on March 16, 1870.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 76 U.S. 468
  • 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: David Davis

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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