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UNITED STATES v. AMES (1879)

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UNITED STATES v. AMES
Term: 1878
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1879
Decided: February 3, 1879
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley

UNITED STATES v. AMES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1879. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1879.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Professional organization, business, or person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 99 U.S. 35
  • 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: 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.

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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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