ATTORNEY GENERAL VS. FEDERAL STREET MEETING-HOUSE (1862) - Ballotpedia

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ATTORNEY GENERAL VS. FEDERAL STREET MEETING-HOUSE

Term: 1861
Important Dates
Decided: January 13, 1862
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

ATTORNEY GENERAL VS. FEDERAL STREET MEETING-HOUSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1862.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Supreme Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: State department or agency
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 66 U.S. 262
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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 conservative.

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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