MCGUIRE v. THE COMMONWEALTH (February 19, 1866) - Ballotpedia

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MCGUIRE v. THE COMMONWEALTH

Term: 1865
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1866
Decided: February 19, 1866
Outcome
No disposition
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

MCGUIRE v. THE COMMONWEALTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1866. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1866.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 70 U.S. 382
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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