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TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. DAVENPORT

Term: 1878
Important Dates
Argued: November 4, 1878
Decided: November 18, 1878
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. DAVENPORT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 18, 1878. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1878.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal or state regulation of securities
Petitioner: Telephone, telecommunications, or telegraph company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Shareholders to whom a tender offer is made
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 97 U.S. 369
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: 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 liberal.

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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