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PIKE v. WASSELL (1877)

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PIKE v. WASSELL
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Argued: April 10, 1877
Decided: May 7, 1877
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

PIKE v. WASSELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 7, 1877. The case was argued before the court on April 10, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Eastern U.S. District Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 94 U.S. 711
  • 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 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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