YOUNG v. CLARENDON TOWNSHIP (1889)
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YOUNG v. CLARENDON TOWNSHIP |
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Term: 1889 |
Important Dates |
Argued: October 23, 1889 |
Decided: December 9, 1889 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Samuel Blatchford • Joseph Bradley • Stephen Johnson Field • Melville Weston Fuller • Horace Gray • John Marshall Harlan • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar • Samuel Freeman Miller |
YOUNG v. CLARENDON TOWNSHIP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 9, 1889. The case was argued before the court on October 23, 1889.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Michigan.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: untimely filing
- Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Respondent state: Michigan
- Citation: 132 U.S. 340
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Melville Weston Fuller
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
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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