AUGUSTUS HEMMENWAY, CLAIMANT OF THE SHIP INDEPENDENCE, v. WILLIAM B. FISHER (1858)

AUGUSTUS HEMMENWAY, CLAIMANT OF THE SHIP INDEPENDENCE, v. WILLIAM B. FISHER
	Term: 1858
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 1857
	Decided: December 24, 1858
Outcome
	No disposition
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

AUGUSTUS HEMMENWAY, CLAIMANT OF THE SHIP INDEPENDENCE, v. WILLIAM B. FISHER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 24, 1858. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1857.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 255
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: 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.