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SMITH v. SAC COUNTY (1871)

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SMITH v. SAC COUNTY
Term: 1870
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1871
Decided: March 27, 1871
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • William Strong

SMITH v. SAC COUNTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1871. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1871.

In a 5-2 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 Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
  • Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
  • Respondent state: Iowa
  • Citation: 78 U.S. 139
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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