MCGEE v. MATHIS (1866)

MCGEE v. MATHIS
	Term: 1866
Important Dates
	Argued: December 7, 1866
	Decided: December 26, 1866
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

MCGEE v. MATHIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 26, 1866. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1866.

In a 9-0 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 Arkansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Arkansas
Citation: 71 U.S. 143
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: Salmon Portland Chase

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.