MILWAUKEE & MINNESOTA RAILROAD CO. v. JAMES T. SOUTTER (1864) - Ballotpedia

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MILWAUKEE & MINNESOTA RAILROAD CO. v. JAMES T. SOUTTER

Term: 1863
Important Dates
Argued: February 1, 1864
Decided: February 23, 1864
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
10-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

MILWAUKEE & MINNESOTA RAILROAD CO. v. JAMES T. SOUTTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1864. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1864.

In a 10-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 154 U.S. 541
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Samuel Nelson

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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