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UNITED STATES VS. BABBIT (1862)

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UNITED STATES VS. BABBIT
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: January 27, 1862
Decided: February 10, 1862
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

UNITED STATES VS. BABBIT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1862. The case was argued before the court on January 27, 1862.

In a 6-0 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 Iowa U.S. District Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 55
  • 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: Noah Haynes Swayne

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.

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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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