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THE BIRD OF PARADISE (1867)

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THE BIRD OF PARADISE
Term: 1866
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1867
Decided: May 6, 1867
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

THE BIRD OF PARADISE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 6, 1867. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1867.

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

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: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 72 U.S. 545
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

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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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