ANDREW ALDRIDGE AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. NATHANIEL F. WILLIAMS (1844)

ANDREW ALDRIDGE AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. NATHANIEL F. WILLIAMS
	Term: 1845
Important Dates
	Argued: December 4, 1844
	Decided: December 20, 1844
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-1
Majority
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	John McLean

ANDREW ALDRIDGE AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. NATHANIEL F. WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1844. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1844.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 44 U.S. 9
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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 liberal.