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WILLIAMS v. MORRIS (1877)

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WILLIAMS v. MORRIS
Term: 1877
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1877
Decided: October 29, 1877
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Nathan Clifford • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field

WILLIAMS v. MORRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on October 29, 1877. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1877.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 95 U.S. 444
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • 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 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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