PHELPS v. EDGERTON (1861)
PHELPS v. EDGERTON |
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Term: 1860 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 5, 1861 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James 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.
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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