THE UNITED STATES, COMPLAINANTS, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO (1849) - Ballotpedia

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THE UNITED STATES, COMPLAINANTS, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO

Term: 1849
Important Dates
Argued: December 27, 1848
Decided: February 2, 1849
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-1
Majority
Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury
Dissenting
John Catron

THE UNITED STATES, COMPLAINANTS, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1849. The case was argued before the court on December 27, 1848.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: public utilities (cf. federal public utilities regulation)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 48 U.S. 185
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: Levi Woodbury

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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