ADAM D. STEWART, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES (1855)

ADAM D. STEWART, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES
	Term: 1854
Important Dates
	Argued: December 21, 1854
	Decided: January 9, 1855
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ADAM D. STEWART, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 9, 1855. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1854.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: District of Columbia
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 58 U.S. 116
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: Peter Vivian Daniel

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.