MURRAY v. CHARLESTON (1878)

MURRAY v. CHARLESTON
	Term: 1877
Important Dates
	Argued: November 16, 1877
	Decided: April 8, 1878
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
	Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller

MURRAY v. CHARLESTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1878. The case was argued before the court on November 16, 1877.

In a 7-2 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 South Carolina State Trial 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: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: South Carolina
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: South Carolina
Citation: 96 U.S. 432
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: William Strong

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.