PROUT v. ROBY (1872)

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PROUT v. ROBY
Term: 1872
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1872
Decided: December 9, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

PROUT v. ROBY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1872. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1872.

In an 8-0 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: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 82 U.S. 471
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Noah Haynes Swayne

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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