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UNITED STATES v. ADAMS (February 14, 1870)

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UNITED STATES v. ADAMS
Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: November 25, 1869
Decided: February 14, 1870
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. ADAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1870. The case was argued before the court on November 25, 1869.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of Claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 76 U.S. 554
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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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