THE STEAM TUG CLARA CLARITA v. AUGUST M. COX ET AL (1875)

THE STEAM TUG CLARA CLARITA v. AUGUST M. COX ET AL
	Term: 1874
Important Dates
	Argued: April 22, 1875
	Decided: May 3, 1875
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

THE STEAM TUG CLARA CLARITA v. AUGUST M. COX ET AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1875. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1875.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 90 U.S. 1
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: 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 liberal.