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PIATT'S ADMINISTRATOR v. UNITED STATES (1875)
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| PIATT'S ADMINISTRATOR v. UNITED STATES |
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| Term: 1874 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 28, 1875 |
| Decided: April 19, 1875 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite |
| Dissenting |
| Joseph Bradley • David Davis • Ward Hunt • Noah Haynes Swayne |
PIATT'S ADMINISTRATOR v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 19, 1875. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1875.
In a 5-4 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
- Petitioner: Government contractor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 89 U.S. 496
- 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: 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 unspecifiable.
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