SCRUGGS' EXECUTOR & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS (1883) - Ballotpedia

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SCRUGGS' EXECUTOR & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS

Term: 1882
Important Dates
Decided: April 30, 1883
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

SCRUGGS' EXECUTOR & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1883.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 108 U.S. 368
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 Burnham Woods

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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