MITCHELL v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS (1876) - Ballotpedia

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MITCHELL v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS

Term: 1875
Important Dates
Decided: January 10, 1876
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

MITCHELL v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1876.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kansas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: Kansas
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Kansas
Citation: 91 U.S. 206
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: Morrison Waite

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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