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RAILROAD COMPANIES v. CHAMBERLAIN

Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: February 11, 1868
Decided: March 16, 1868
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

RAILROAD COMPANIES v. CHAMBERLAIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1868. The case was argued before the court on February 11, 1868.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 73 U.S. 748
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: Samuel Nelson

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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