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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD v. PAINE (1887)

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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD v. PAINE |
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Term: 1886 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 13, 1886 |
Decided: January 10, 1887 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD v. PAINE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1887. The case was argued before the court on December 13, 1886.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
- Petitioner: Railroad
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 119 U.S. 561
- 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: Stephen Johnson Field
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
External links
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