PHELPS v. EDGERTON (1861)

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PHELPS v. EDGERTON
Term: 1860
Important Dates
Decided: March 5, 1861
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Archibald CampbellJohn CatronNathan CliffordRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

PHELPS v. EDGERTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1861.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 131 U.S. lxxi
  • 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: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Roger Brooke Taney

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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