CHARLES MCMICKEN, APPELLANT, v. FRANKLIN PERIN (1858)

CHARLES MCMICKEN, APPELLANT, v. FRANKLIN PERIN
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: February 5, 1858
	Decided: February 10, 1858
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

CHARLES MCMICKEN, APPELLANT, v. FRANKLIN PERIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1858. The case was argued before the court on February 5, 1858.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 133
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 McLean

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.