TURRILL v. THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, &C., RAILROAD COMPANY (1864)

TURRILL v. THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, &C., RAILROAD COMPANY
	Term: 1863
Important Dates
	Argued: March 23, 1864
	Decided: April 11, 1864
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	10-0
Majority
	John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

TURRILL v. THE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN, &C., RAILROAD COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 11, 1864. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 1864.

In a 10-0 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 Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Patents and copyrights: patent
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 68 U.S. 491
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: Roger Brooke Taney
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 conservative.