LITTLEFIELD v. TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF FLORIDA (1886)

LITTLEFIELD v. TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF FLORIDA
	Term: 1885
Important Dates
	Argued: March 9, 1886
	Decided: March 29, 1886
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

LITTLEFIELD v. TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1886. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1886.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 117 U.S. 419
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: 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.