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DAVID ROSS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. CHARLES M'LUNG, DEFENDANT IN ERROR (1832)

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DAVID ROSS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. CHARLES M'LUNG, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
Term: 1832
Important Dates
Argued: January 24, 1832
Decided: March 16, 1832
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

DAVID ROSS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. CHARLES M'LUNG, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1832. The case was argued before the court on January 24, 1832.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • 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: 31 U.S. 283
  • 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: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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 unspecifiable.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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