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161 U.S. 499

16 S. Ct. 637

Docket No. 82,

Spalding v. Dickinson

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 2, 1896

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1896-03-02

<p>Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.</p>

2 counsel of record

Relies on Matthews v. United States

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Affirmed · 8–0 · Decided 1896-03-02

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Cited by 30 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2007 · most notably Brown v. O'Keefe (1937), Dushane v. Beall (1896)

8 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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¶1Error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

¶2argued with No. 81, ante, 483.

¶3Mr. W. Willoughby for plaintiff in error'.

¶4Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendant in error.

¶5Mr. Justice Harlan:

¶6The defendant in error succeeded Mr. Vilas in the office of Postmaster General. The declaration in the present case is, in all material respects, like that in Spalding v. Vilas, just decided. Eor the reasons stated in the opinion in- that case the judgment is

¶7Affirmed.

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