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WATKINS v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1869
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1870
Decided: April 30, 1870
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne

WATKINS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1870. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1870.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 76 U.S. 759
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: 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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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