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NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE (1874)

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NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE
Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1874
Decided: April 20, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Morrison Waite

NORTH MISSOURI RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 20, 1874. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1874.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 87 U.S. 46
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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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
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