EDWARD LIVINGSTON, APPELLANT v. BENJAMIN STORY (1835) - Ballotpedia

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EDWARD LIVINGSTON, APPELLANT v. BENJAMIN STORY

Term: 1835
Important Dates
Argued: February 12, 1835
Decided: February 18, 1835
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

EDWARD LIVINGSTON, APPELLANT v. BENJAMIN STORY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 18, 1835. The case was argued before the court on February 12, 1835.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 34 U.S. 632
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 McLean

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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