MCKEE v. RAINS (1870)

MCKEE v. RAINS
	Term: 1869
Important Dates
	Argued: March 17, 1870
	Decided: April 4, 1870
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

MCKEE v. RAINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1870. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 1870.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 77 U.S. 22
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.