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UNITED STATES v. CIRCUIT JUDGES (1866)

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UNITED STATES v. CIRCUIT JUDGES
Term: 1865
Important Dates
Argued: January 5, 1866
Decided: January 29, 1866
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-3
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller

UNITED STATES v. CIRCUIT JUDGES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1866. The case was argued before the court on January 5, 1866.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. 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 administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 70 U.S. 673
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • 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 liberal.

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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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