PIERCE et al. v. CARSKADON (1873)

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PIERCE et al. v. CARSKADON
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Decided: January 6, 1873
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley

PIERCE et al. v. CARSKADON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1873.

In a 7-1 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 West Virginia State Supreme Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - loyalty oath or non-Communist affidavit (other than bar applicants, government employees, political party, or teacher)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 83 U.S. 234
  • 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: Stephen Johnson Field

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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