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ADAM HAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI (1856)

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ADAM HAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI
Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: December 27, 1855
Decided: January 29, 1856
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Concurring
Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson

ADAM HAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF MISSOURI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 29, 1856. The case was argued before the court on December 27, 1855.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 59 U.S. 126
  • 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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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