ALBERT G. CREATH'S ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM D. SIMS (1847) - Ballotpedia

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ALBERT G. CREATH'S ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM D. SIMS

Term: 1847
Important Dates
Decided: February 16, 1847
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

ALBERT G. CREATH'S ADMINISTRATOR, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM D. SIMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1847.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 46 U.S. 192
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 unspecifiable.

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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