WARD v. UNITED STATES (1872)

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WARD v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: January 18, 1872
Decided: February 26, 1872
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-3
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis

WARD v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1872. The case was argued before the court on January 18, 1872.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 81 U.S. 28
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • 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 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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