DAVID MORELAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JEREMIAH PAGE (1858)

DAVID MORELAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JEREMIAH PAGE
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: May 3, 1858
	Decided: May 18, 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

DAVID MORELAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JEREMIAH PAGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1858. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1858.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
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. 522
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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.