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THE CIVILTA AND THE RESTLESS (1881)

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THE CIVILTA AND THE RESTLESS |
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Term: 1880 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 22, 1881 |
Decided: May 2, 1881 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
6-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods |
THE CIVILTA AND THE RESTLESS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 2, 1881. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1881.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 103 U.S. 699
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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