RAILWAY COMPANY v. WHITTON'S ADMINISTRATOR (1872) - Ballotpedia

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RAILWAY COMPANY v. WHITTON'S ADMINISTRATOR

Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1872
Decided: February 19, 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

RAILWAY COMPANY v. WHITTON'S ADMINISTRATOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1872. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1872.

In an 8-0 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.

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 - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 80 U.S. 270
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: Stephen Johnson Field

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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