DUNCAN MCARTHUR'S HEIRS, COMPLAINANTS, v. WALTER DUN'S HEIRS (1849)

DUNCAN MCARTHUR'S HEIRS, COMPLAINANTS, v. WALTER DUN'S HEIRS
	Term: 1849
Important Dates
	Argued: December 26, 1848
	Decided: January 24, 1849
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

DUNCAN MCARTHUR'S HEIRS, COMPLAINANTS, v. WALTER DUN'S HEIRS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 24, 1849. The case was argued before the court on December 26, 1848.

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

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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: 48 U.S. 262
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: Peter Vivian Daniel

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.