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THE ATLAS (1876)

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THE ATLAS
Term: 1876
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1876
Decided: November 27, 1876
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

THE ATLAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 27, 1876. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1876.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 93 U.S. 302
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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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