WOODEN-WARE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES (1882)

WOODEN-WARE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1882
Important Dates
	Argued: November 21, 1882
	Decided: December 18, 1882
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

WOODEN-WARE COMPANY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 18, 1882. The case was argued before the court on November 21, 1882.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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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: Forest products, lumber, or logging company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 106 U.S. 432
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: Morrison Waite
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.