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NEW BUFFALO v. IRON COMPANY (1882)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
NEW BUFFALO v. IRON COMPANY
Term: 1881
Important Dates
Argued: January 4, 1882
Decided: March 27, 1882
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • John Marshall Harlan • Stanley Matthews • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

NEW BUFFALO v. IRON COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 1882. The case was argued before the court on January 4, 1882.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.

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: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Michigan
  • Respondent type: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 105 U.S. 73
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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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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