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BOYNTON v. BALL (1887)
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| BOYNTON v. BALL |
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| Term: 1886 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: April 4, 1887 |
| Decided: April 25, 1887 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite |
BOYNTON v. BALL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 25, 1887. The case was argued before the court on April 4, 1887.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1880s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Waite Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
- Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 121 U.S. 457
- 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.
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