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UNITED STATES v. BILLING (1865)

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UNITED STATES v. BILLING
Term: 1864
Important Dates
Argued: February 2, 1865
Decided: February 13, 1865
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

UNITED STATES v. BILLING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1865. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1865.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California 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 Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • 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: 69 U.S. 444
  • 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: Robert Cooper Grier

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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