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MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY VS. WARD

Term: 1862
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1862
Decided: January 30, 1863
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
John Catron • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • Samuel Nelson • James Moore Wayne

MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY VS. WARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 30, 1863. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1862.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 67 U.S. 485
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: 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 conservative.

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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