PATTERSON v. HOA'S EXECUTRIX (1868)

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PATTERSON v. HOA'S EXECUTRIX |
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Term: 1867 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 27, 1868 |
Outcome |
Certification to or from a lower court |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne |
PATTERSON v. HOA'S EXECUTRIX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1868.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 131 U.S. lxxxviii
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
- 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: Salmon Portland Chase
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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