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CASE OF BRODERICK'S WILL

Term: 1874
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1875
Decided: February 15, 1875
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Morrison Waite
Concurring
Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
Nathan Clifford • David Davis

CASE OF BRODERICK'S WILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1875. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1875.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 88 U.S. 503
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: Joseph Bradley

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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