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MERIWETHER v. GARRETT (1880)
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| MERIWETHER v. GARRETT |
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| Term: 1880 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 12, 1879 |
| Decided: December 13, 1880 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 4-3 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
| Dissenting |
| John Marshall Harlan • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
MERIWETHER v. GARRETT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1880. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1879.
In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
- Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
- Petitioner state: Tennessee
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 102 U.S. 472
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite
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.
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