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NUGENT v. THE SUPERVISORS

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Decided: March 2, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller

NUGENT v. THE SUPERVISORS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1874.

In a 6-2 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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 86 U.S. 241
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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