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CARONDELET VS. SAINT LOUIS (1862)

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CARONDELET VS. SAINT LOUIS
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: March 6, 1861
Decided: February 10, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

CARONDELET VS. SAINT LOUIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1862. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1861.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: Missouri
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Missouri
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 179
  • 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: John Catron

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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