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RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCHUTTE (1879)

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RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCHUTTE
Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1879
Decided: December 22, 1879
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

RAILROAD COMPANY v. SCHUTTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 22, 1879. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1879.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Railroad
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 100 U.S. 644
  • 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: Morrison Waite

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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