ABRAHAM COLBY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES LEDDEN (1849) - Ballotpedia

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ABRAHAM COLBY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES LEDDEN

Term: 1849
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1848
Decided: February 5, 1849
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

ABRAHAM COLBY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES LEDDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1849. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1848.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Hampshire State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 48 U.S. 626
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: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Robert Cooper Grier

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 conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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