LITCHFIELD v. BALLOU & OTHERS (1885)

LITCHFIELD v. BALLOU & OTHERS
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Decided: April 6, 1885
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

LITCHFIELD v. BALLOU & OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1885.

In an 8-1 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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Illinois
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 114 U.S. 190
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
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 liberal.