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UNITED STATES, EX REL., COUNCIL OF KEOKUK (1868)

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UNITED STATES, EX REL., COUNCIL OF KEOKUK
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Decided: April 6, 1868
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES, EX REL., COUNCIL OF KEOKUK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1868.

In a 7-0 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 Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Local governmental unit other than a county, city, town, township, village, or borough
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 73 U.S. 514
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • 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.

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