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UNITED STATES v. CHILD & CO (1871)

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UNITED STATES v. CHILD & CO
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: October 18, 1871
Decided: October 30, 1871
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
4-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford

UNITED STATES v. CHILD & CO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 30, 1871. The case was argued before the court on October 18, 1871.

In a 4-2 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, 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: Seller or vendor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 79 U.S. 232
  • 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 Freeman Miller

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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