ANDREW LAWRENCE, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. HIRAM A. TUCKER (1860)

ANDREW LAWRENCE, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. HIRAM A. TUCKER
	Term: 1859
Important Dates
	Argued: February 29, 1860
	Decided: March 19, 1860
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ANDREW LAWRENCE, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, v. HIRAM A. TUCKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1860. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1860.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 64 U.S. 14
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: James Moore Wayne

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.