MIDDLETON v. MULLICA TOWNSHIP (1884)

MIDDLETON v. MULLICA TOWNSHIP
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Argued: October 17, 1884
	Decided: December 8, 1884
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

MIDDLETON v. MULLICA TOWNSHIP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 8, 1884. The case was argued before the court on October 17, 1884.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New Jersey.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 112 U.S. 433
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: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Bradley

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.