CHARLES WILKES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SAMUEL DINSMA (1849) - Ballotpedia

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CHARLES WILKES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SAMUEL DINSMA

Term: 1849
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1849
Decided: February 16, 1849
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

CHARLES WILKES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SAMUEL DINSMA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1849. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1849.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 48 U.S. 89
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: Levi Woodbury

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.

See also

External links

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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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