AMOS WADE, PLAINTIFF, v. JACOB R. LEROY AND HENRY E. PIERREPOINT (1858) - Ballotpedia

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AMOS WADE, PLAINTIFF, v. JACOB R. LEROY AND HENRY E. PIERREPOINT

Term: 1857
Important Dates
Argued: December 22, 1857
Decided: January 11, 1858
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

AMOS WADE, PLAINTIFF, v. JACOB R. LEROY AND HENRY E. PIERREPOINT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1858. The case was argued before the court on December 22, 1857.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 34
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: John Archibald Campbell

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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