WILLIAM CLARK v. UNITED STATES (1868)

WILLIAM CLARK v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1867
Important Dates
	Argued: March 20, 1868
	Decided: April 6, 1868
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

WILLIAM CLARK v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1868. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 1868.

In an 8-0 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 U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 73 U.S. 543
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.