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THE FOSSAT OR QUICKSILVER MINE CASE

Term: 1863
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1864
Decided: April 4, 1864
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-1
Majority
John Catron • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford

THE FOSSAT OR QUICKSILVER MINE CASE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 4, 1864. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1864.

In a 9-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 69 U.S. 649
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 Nelson

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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