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CANNON v. NEW ORLEANS (1874)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CANNON v. NEW ORLEANS
Term: 1874
Important Dates
Decided: December 14, 1874
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyNathan CliffordDavid DavisStephen Johnson FieldWard HuntSamuel Freeman MillerWilliam StrongNoah Haynes SwayneMorrison Waite

CANNON v. NEW ORLEANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 1874.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana State Supreme Court.

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 tax
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Louisiana
  • Citation: 87 U.S. 577
  • 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 conservative.

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