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MINNESOTA COMPANY v. ST. PAUL COMPANY (1865)

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MINNESOTA COMPANY v. ST. PAUL COMPANY
Term: 1864
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1865
Decided: March 10, 1865
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerNoah Haynes SwayneJames Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Nathan CliffordStephen Johnson FieldSamuel Nelson

MINNESOTA COMPANY v. ST. PAUL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1865. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1865.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 69 U.S. 609
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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 unspecifiable.

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