MOUNT PLEASANT v. BECKWITH (1880)

MOUNT PLEASANT v. BECKWITH
	Term: 1879
Important Dates
	Argued: April 23, 1879
	Decided: March 2, 1880
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Nathan Clifford • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
	Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller

MOUNT PLEASANT v. BECKWITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1880. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1879.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Wisconsin
Citation: 100 U.S. 514
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
Who wrote the majority opinion: Nathan Clifford

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.