OREGON STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY v. WINSOR (1874) - Ballotpedia

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OREGON STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY v. WINSOR

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1874
Decided: May 4, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Noah Haynes Swayne

OREGON STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY v. WINSOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1874. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1874.

In a 6-3 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 Washington Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 87 U.S. 64
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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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External links

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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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