ADAMS, CUNNINGHAM AND COMPANY v. CALVIN JONES (1838) - Ballotpedia

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ADAMS, CUNNINGHAM AND COMPANY v. CALVIN JONES

Term: 1838
Important Dates
Decided: March 7, 1838
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-1
Majority
Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Henry Baldwin

ADAMS, CUNNINGHAM AND COMPANY v. CALVIN JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1838.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 37 U.S. 207
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: Joseph Story

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

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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