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TWIN-LICK OIL COMPANY v. MARBURY (1876)

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TWIN-LICK OIL COMPANY v. MARBURY
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Argued: December 9, 1875
Decided: January 10, 1876
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

TWIN-LICK OIL COMPANY v. MARBURY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1876. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1875.

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

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Management, executive officer, or director, of business entity
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 91 U.S. 587
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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