BENJAMIN H. LAMBERT AND LEWIS MCKENZIE, PLAINTIFFS v. WILLIAM GHISELIN (1850)

BENJAMIN H. LAMBERT AND LEWIS MCKENZIE, PLAINTIFFS v. WILLIAM GHISELIN
	Term: 1850
Important Dates
	Argued: May 22, 1850
	Decided: May 29, 1850
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
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 H. LAMBERT AND LEWIS MCKENZIE, PLAINTIFFS v. WILLIAM GHISELIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 29, 1850. The case was argued before the court on May 22, 1850.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 50 U.S. 552
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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.