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UNITED STATES v. ESTUDILLO (1864)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. ESTUDILLO
Term: 1863
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1864
Decided: April 18, 1864
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-2
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Concurring
Samuel Freeman Miller
Dissenting
David Davis • Noah Haynes Swayne

UNITED STATES v. ESTUDILLO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1864. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1864.

In an 8-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 68 U.S. 710
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Johnson Field

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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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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