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VIGO'S CASE: ex parte UNITED STATES (1875)

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VIGO'S CASE: ex parte UNITED STATES
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: April 23, 1875
Decided: May 3, 1875
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite

VIGO'S CASE: ex parte UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1875. The case was argued before the court on April 23, 1875.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of the Court of Claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 88 U.S. 648
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Morrison Waite

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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