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MILLS v. ST. CLAIR COUNTY

Term: 1850
Important Dates
Argued: January 11, 1850
Decided: February 21, 1850
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury
Dissenting
John McLean

MILLS v. ST. CLAIR COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1850. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1850.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 49 U.S. 569
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: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Catron

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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