PLATT v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (1879) - Ballotpedia

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PLATT v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1878
Important Dates
Argued: March 25, 1879
Decided: April 21, 1879
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Samuel Freeman Miller

PLATT v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1879. The case was argued before the court on March 25, 1879.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Nebraska U.S. Circuit for the District of Nebraska.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 99 U.S. 48
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: William Strong

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

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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