MINNESOTA COMPANY v. ST. PAUL COMPANY (1865)

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MINNESOTA COMPANY v. ST. PAUL COMPANY |
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Term: 1864 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 28, 1865 |
Decided: March 10, 1865 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
5-3 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne |
Dissenting |
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel 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.
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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.
See also
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- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
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