BENJAMIN G. SIMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THOMAS HUNDLEY (1847) - Ballotpedia

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BENJAMIN G. SIMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THOMAS HUNDLEY

Term: 1848
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1847
Decided: December 21, 1847
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

BENJAMIN G. SIMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THOMAS HUNDLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1847. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1847.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 47 U.S. 1
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: 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 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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