LOUIS v. BROWN TOWNSHIP (1883)

LOUIS v. BROWN TOWNSHIP
Term: 1883
Important Dates
Decided: November 5, 1883
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Samuel Freeman Miller • Morrison Waite • William Burnham Woods

LOUIS v. BROWN TOWNSHIP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 5, 1883.

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

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About the case[edit]

• Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
• Petitioner: Stockholder, shareholder, or bondholder
• Petitioner state: Unknown
• Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
• Respondent state: Ohio
• Citation: 109 U.S. 162
• 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: Samuel Freeman Miller

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[edit]

• Supreme Court of the United States
• History of the Supreme Court
• United States federal courts
• Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter

External links[edit]

• The Supreme Court Database

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