Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

MORGAN v. PARHAM (1873)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
MORGAN v. PARHAM
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1873
Decided: February 10, 1873
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

MORGAN v. PARHAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1873. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1873.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Alabama.

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

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 83 U.S. 471
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ward Hunt

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=MORGAN_v._PARHAM_(1873)&oldid=9499895"