YATES v. NATIONAL HOME (1881)

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YATES v. NATIONAL HOME
Term: 1880
Important Dates
Decided: March 21, 1881
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Joseph BradleyStephen Johnson FieldJohn Marshall HarlanSamuel Freeman MillerMorrison WaiteWilliam Burnham Woods

YATES v. NATIONAL HOME is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 21, 1881.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Wisconsin.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Wisconsin
  • Respondent type: Veterans' Administration
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 103 U.S. 674
  • 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: John Marshall Harlan

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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