ALFRED C. DOWNS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH KISSAM (1850) - Ballotpedia

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ALFRED C. DOWNS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH KISSAM

Term: 1850
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 1850
Decided: December 20, 1850
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

ALFRED C. DOWNS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH KISSAM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1850. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 1850.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: Slave-owner
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Slave-owner
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 51 U.S. 102
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: John McLean

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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