THE BRIDGE PROPRIETORS v. THE HOBOKEN COMPANY (1864)

THE BRIDGE PROPRIETORS v. THE HOBOKEN COMPANY
	Term: 1863
Important Dates
	Argued: January 7, 1864
	Decided: February 8, 1864
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-2
Majority
	Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	John Catron • Robert Cooper Grier

THE BRIDGE PROPRIETORS v. THE HOBOKEN COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 8, 1864. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 1864.

In an 8-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Construction industry
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 68 U.S. 116
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.