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RAILROAD COMPANY v. MCCLURE

Term: 1870
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1870
Decided: January 23, 1871
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

RAILROAD COMPANY v. MCCLURE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1871. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1870.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial Court.

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

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Respondent state: Iowa
Citation: 77 U.S. 511
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 conservative.

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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