Murdock v. City of Memphis

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Murdock v. Memphis
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October Term, 1874
Decided January 11, 1874
Full case name: Murdock v. Memphis
Citations: 87 U.S. 590; 87 U.S. 590; 22 L. Ed. 429; 1874 U.S. LEXIS 1451; 20 Wall. 590
Holding
The Supreme Court will not review state court decisions resting on an adequate state ground.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Morrison Waite
Associate Justices: Nathan Clifford, Noah Haynes Swayne, Samuel Freeman Miller, David Davis, Stephen Johnson Field, William Strong, Joseph Philo Bradley, Ward Hunt
Case opinions
Majority by: Miller
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art. III, ยง 2. and Section 25 of Judiciary Act of 1789 as amended in 1867


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William Tod Otto argued the case on behalf of the City of Memphis. The case having been reargued, as well as argued originally, before the appointment of the Chief Justice Waite, who took no part in the judgment.