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SAGE v. CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY (1879)

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SAGE v. CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
Term: 1878
Important Dates
Argued: March 7, 1879
Decided: April 7, 1879
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite
Dissenting
Nathan CliffordJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman Miller

SAGE v. CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 7, 1879. The case was argued before the court on March 7, 1879.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Iowa.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Railroad
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 99 U.S. 334
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong

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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