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MANN v. ROCK ISLAND BANK (1871)

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MANN v. ROCK ISLAND BANK |
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Term: 1870 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 28, 1871 |
Decided: April 17, 1871 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
MANN v. ROCK ISLAND BANK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1871. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1871.
In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
- Petitioner: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 78 U.S. 650
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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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