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SCOTT, ASSIGNEE, v. KELLY

Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: December 22, 1874
Decided: January 11, 1875
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

SCOTT, ASSIGNEE, v. KELLY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1875. The case was argued before the court on December 22, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 89 U.S. 57
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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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