DAVID B. HERMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES PHALEN (1852) - Ballotpedia

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DAVID B. HERMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES PHALEN

Term: 1852
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1852
Decided: December 23, 1852
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

DAVID B. HERMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES PHALEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1852. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1852.

In an 8-0 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 Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - national supremacy: natural resources (cf. natural resources - environmental protection)
Petitioner: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 55 U.S. 79
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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

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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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