SCRUGGS v. MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY (1881) - Ballotpedia

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SCRUGGS v. MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY

Term: 1881
Important Dates
Decided: December 12, 1881
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

SCRUGGS v. MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 1881.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 131 U.S. cciv
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: 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 liberal.

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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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