RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTTER et al. (1872)

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RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTTER et al.
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: December 14, 1871
Decided: February 5, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller

RAILROAD COMPANY v. SOUTTER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1872. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1871.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 517
  • 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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

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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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