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WILLIAM H. CRANDALL v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (1867)

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WILLIAM H. CRANDALL v. THE STATE OF NEVADA
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1867
Decided: December 23, 1867
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland ChaseNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldRobert Cooper GrierSamuel Freeman MillerSamuel NelsonNoah Haynes Swayne

WILLIAM H. CRANDALL v. THE STATE OF NEVADA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1867. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1867.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Business, corporation
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nevada
  • Citation: 131 U.S. lxxxiii
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase

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 conservative.

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