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LOUISIANA v. NEW ORLEANS (1881)

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LOUISIANA v. NEW ORLEANS |
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Term: 1879 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 14, 1881 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
5-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
LOUISIANA v. NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1881.
In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Louisiana
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Louisiana
- Citation: 103 U.S. 521
- 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 conservative.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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