REESE v. UNITED STATES (1870)

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REESE v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1869
Decided: January 24, 1870
Outcome
Reversed 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

REESE v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1870. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1869.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 76 U.S. 13
  • 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 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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