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UNITED STATES v. MCLAUGHLIN (1888)

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UNITED STATES v. MCLAUGHLIN |
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Term: 1887 |
Important Dates |
Argued: December 8, 1887 |
Decided: May 14, 1888 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller |
UNITED STATES v. MCLAUGHLIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1888. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1887.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 127 U.S. 428
- 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: Joseph Bradley
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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