TENNESSEE BOND CASES.; STEVENS & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS (1885)

TENNESSEE BOND CASES.; STEVENS & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS
	Term: 1884
Important Dates
	Argued: January 15, 1885
	Decided: May 4, 1885
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods
Dissenting
	John Marshall Harlan

TENNESSEE BOND CASES.; STEVENS & OTHERS v. MEMPHIS & CHARLESTON RAILROAD COMPANY & OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1885. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1885.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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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: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 114 U.S. 663
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 conservative.