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PACIFIC RAILROAD OF MISSOURI v. KETCHUM (1877)

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PACIFIC RAILROAD OF MISSOURI v. KETCHUM
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Decided: October 29, 1877
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordStephen Johnson FieldWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

PACIFIC RAILROAD OF MISSOURI v. KETCHUM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 29, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 95 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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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