DAVID D. MITCHELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MANUEL X. HARMONY (1852)

DAVID D. MITCHELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MANUEL X. HARMONY
	Term: 1851
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 1852
	Decided: May 12, 1852
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	Peter Vivian Daniel

DAVID D. MITCHELL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MANUEL X. HARMONY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 1852. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 1852.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 54 U.S. 115
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.