STATE OF GEORGIA v. STANTON (1868)

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STATE OF GEORGIA v. STANTON
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Decided: February 10, 1868
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Concurring
Salmon Portland Chase

STATE OF GEORGIA v. STANTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1868.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Georgia
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of Defense (and Department or Secretary of War)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 73 U.S. 50
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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 Nelson

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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