MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. KELLOGG (1877)

MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. KELLOGG
	Term: 1876
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1877
	Decided: April 30, 1877
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

MILWAUKEE AND SAINT PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. KELLOGG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1877. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 94 U.S. 469
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: William Strong

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.