BENJAMIN FORD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN S. AND HERMAN WILLIAMS (1858) - Ballotpedia

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BENJAMIN FORD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN S. AND HERMAN WILLIAMS

Term: 1858
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1858
Decided: December 28, 1858
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
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

BENJAMIN FORD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN S. AND HERMAN WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 28, 1858. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1858.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 62 U.S. 287
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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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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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