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UNITED STATES v. LOUIS MAYRAND (1867)

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UNITED STATES v. LOUIS MAYRAND
Term: 1866
Important Dates
Decided: May 16, 1867
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes SwayneJames Moore Wayne

UNITED STATES v. LOUIS MAYRAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1867.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Minnesota U.S. Circuit for the District of Minnesota.

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: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Distributor, importer, or exporter of alcoholic beverages
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 154 U.S. 552
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase

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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