HALL v. DECUIR (1878)
HALL v. DECUIR |
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Term: 1877 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 14, 1878 |
Outcome |
Reversed |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Ward Hunt • Samuel Freeman Miller • William Strong • Noah Haynes Swayne • Morrison Waite |
Concurring |
Nathan Clifford |
HALL v. DECUIR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1878.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Desegregation (other than as pertains to school desegregation, employment discrimination, and affirmative action)
- Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 95 U.S. 485
- 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: Morrison Waite
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.
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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