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TOWN OF WEYAUWEGA v. AYLING

Term: 1878
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 1879
Decided: May 5, 1879
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

TOWN OF WEYAUWEGA v. AYLING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 1879. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 1879.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: collateral estoppel or res judicata
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Wisconsin
Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 99 U.S. 112
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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 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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