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UNITED STATES v. SCHURZ (1880)

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UNITED STATES v. SCHURZ
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1880
Decided: December 13, 1880
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-1
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Morrison Waite

UNITED STATES v. SCHURZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 13, 1880. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1880.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of the Interior
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 102 U.S. 378
  • 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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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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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