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DOWNES AND COMPANY VS. EDWARD B. CHURCH (1839)

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DOWNES AND COMPANY VS. EDWARD B. CHURCH
Term: 1839
Important Dates
Decided: March 4, 1839
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry BaldwinPhilip Pendelton BarbourJohn CatronJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanJoseph StoryRoger Brooke TaneySmith ThompsonJames Moore Wayne

DOWNES AND COMPANY VS. EDWARD B. CHURCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1839.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 38 U.S. 205
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: Joseph Story

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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