Help us improve in just 2 minutes—share your thoughts in our reader survey.

ROBERTS v. BOLLES (1881)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ROBERTS v. BOLLES
Term: 1881
Important Dates
Decided: October 25, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanWard HuntStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

ROBERTS v. BOLLES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 25, 1881.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Illinois
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 154 U.S. 670
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

Footnotes