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MILTENBERGER v. LOGANSPORT RAILWAY COMPANY (1882)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
MILTENBERGER v. LOGANSPORT RAILWAY COMPANY
Term: 1882
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1882
Decided: November 20, 1882
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel BlatchfordJoseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldHorace GrayJohn Marshall HarlanStanley MatthewsSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

MILTENBERGER v. LOGANSPORT RAILWAY COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 20, 1882. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1882.

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

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Personal property
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 106 U.S. 286
  • 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: Samuel Blatchford

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.

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