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UNITED STATES v. DRISCOLL (April 8, 1878)

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UNITED STATES v. DRISCOLL |
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Term: 1877 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 1, 1878 |
Decided: April 8, 1878 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
UNITED STATES v. DRISCOLL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 8, 1878. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1878.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. 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 Waite Court, click here.
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: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 131 U.S. clix
- 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: Morrison Waite
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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