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PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. MAGUIRE

Term: 1873
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1874
Decided: April 20, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Noah Haynes Swayne
Concurring
Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • Samuel Freeman Miller

PACIFIC 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 1, 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 Missouri State Trial Court.

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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. 36
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: Ward Hunt

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 conservative.

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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