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BENJAMIN J. KNAPP, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EDMUND BANKS

Term: 1844
Important Dates
Decided: February 3, 1844
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne

BENJAMIN J. KNAPP, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EDMUND BANKS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 43 U.S. 73
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: Joseph Story

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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