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WHITE v. HART (1872)

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WHITE v. HART
Term: 1871
Important Dates
Decided: April 22, 1872
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-1
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Salmon Portland Chase

WHITE v. HART is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 1872.

In a 7-1 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 Georgia State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 80 U.S. 646
  • 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: Noah Haynes Swayne

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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