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THE STATE OF ALABAMA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA (1860)

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THE STATE OF ALABAMA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Term: 1859
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1859
Decided: May 1, 1860
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald CampbellJohn CatronNathan CliffordPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

THE STATE OF ALABAMA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 1, 1860. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1859.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 9-0 ruling.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Interstate Relations - Boundary dispute between states
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 64 U.S. 505
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • 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: James Moore Wayne

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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