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UNITED STATES v. PINSON (1881)

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UNITED STATES v. PINSON
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: November 23, 1880
Decided: January 10, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-2
Majority
Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Noah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. PINSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1881. The case was argued before the court on November 23, 1880.

In a 4-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 102 U.S. 548
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall Harlan

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 unspecifiable.

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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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