POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY & OTHERS v. UPPER POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY (1884)

POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY & OTHERS v. UPPER POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY
	Term: 1883
Important Dates
	Argued: November 26, 1883
	Decided: January 7, 1884
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	Horace Gray • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite

POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY & OTHERS v. UPPER POTOMAC STEAMBOAT COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 7, 1884. The case was argued before the court on November 26, 1883.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 109 U.S. 672
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: Stanley Matthews

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