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WISE v. ALLIS (1870)
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| WISE v. ALLIS |
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| Term: 1869 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 24, 1870 |
| Decided: April 25, 1870 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 9-0 |
| Majority |
| Joseph Bradley • Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne |
WISE v. ALLIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1870. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 1870.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
- Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Defendant
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 76 U.S. 737
- How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
- 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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