WATSON v. JONES (1872)

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WATSON v. JONES
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1871
Decided: April 15, 1872
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • David Davis

WATSON v. JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1872. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1871.

In a 5-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 679
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 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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