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MCVEIGH v. UNITED STATES (1870)

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MCVEIGH v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1869 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 28, 1870 |
Decided: January 31, 1870 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
MCVEIGH v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1870. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1870.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.
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 - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 75 U.S. 640
- 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
- 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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