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UNITED STATES v. THE GRACE LOTHROP (1877)

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UNITED STATES v. THE GRACE LOTHROP
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Decided: December 17, 1877
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

UNITED STATES v. THE GRACE LOTHROP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 17, 1877.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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: Unions - Labor-management disputes: bargaining
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 95 U.S. 527
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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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