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STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. JOLIFFE (1865)

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STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. JOLIFFE
Term: 1864
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1864
Decided: January 30, 1865
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • Samuel Freeman Miller • James Moore Wayne

STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. JOLIFFE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 30, 1865. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1864.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 69 U.S. 450
  • 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: Stephen Johnson Field

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.

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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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