ROGERS v. BURLINGTON (1866)

ROGERS v. BURLINGTON
	Term: 1865
Important Dates
	Argued: January 4, 1866
	Decided: January 29, 1866
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	Salmon Portland Chase • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller

ROGERS v. BURLINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1866. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1866.

In a 5-4 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
Respondent state: Iowa
Citation: 70 U.S. 654
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.