ARCHIBALD BABCOCK, APPELLANT, v. EDWARD WYMAN (1857) - Ballotpedia

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ARCHIBALD BABCOCK, APPELLANT, v. EDWARD WYMAN

Term: 1856
Important Dates
Argued: January 19, 1857
Decided: February 18, 1857
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-3
Majority
Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis

ARCHIBALD BABCOCK, APPELLANT, v. EDWARD WYMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1857. The case was argued before the court on January 19, 1857.

In a 4-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 60 U.S. 289
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: 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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