RIGGS v. JOHNSON COUNTY (1868)

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RIGGS v. JOHNSON COUNTY
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1867
Decided: January 13, 1868
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller

RIGGS v. JOHNSON COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1868. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1867.

In a 5-3 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 Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

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: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 73 U.S. 166
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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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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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