Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

WOLCOTT v. DES MOINES COMPANY (1867)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
WOLCOTT v. DES MOINES COMPANY
Term: 1866
Important Dates
Decided: May 13, 1867
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • James Moore Wayne

WOLCOTT v. DES MOINES COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 1867.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Business, corporation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 72 U.S. 681
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=WOLCOTT_v._DES_MOINES_COMPANY_(1867)&oldid=9512870"