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PARKER v. LATEY

Term: 1871
Important Dates
Decided: November 13, 1871
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

PARKER v. LATEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1871.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 79 U.S. 390
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: 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 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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