COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES (1841) - Ballotpedia

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COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES

Term: 1841
Important Dates
Argued: January 16, 1841
Decided: February 9, 1841
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

COLIN MITCHEL AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 9, 1841. The case was argued before the court on January 16, 1841.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Territorial Trial Court.

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: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 40 U.S. 52
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: James Moore Wayne

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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