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UNITED STATES v. LANDERS (1876)

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UNITED STATES v. LANDERS
Term: 1875
Important Dates
Decided: April 10, 1876
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

UNITED STATES v. LANDERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 10, 1876.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. 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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 92 U.S. 77
  • 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: Stephen Johnson Field

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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