VIRGINIA v. RIVES (1880)

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VIRGINIA v. RIVES
Term: 1879
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1879
Decided: March 1, 1880
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • John Marshall Harlan • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Concurring
Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field

VIRGINIA v. RIVES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1880. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1879.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Virginia
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 100 U.S. 313
  • 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: William Strong

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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