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WOODSON v. MURDOCK et al. (1874)

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WOODSON v. MURDOCK et al.
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: October 20, 1874
Decided: November 16, 1874
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite
Dissenting
David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller

WOODSON v. MURDOCK et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1874. The case was argued before the court on October 20, 1874.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1870s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 89 U.S. 351
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Morrison Waite
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Strong

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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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
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