EDWIN BARTLETT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE P. KANE (1854)

EDWIN BARTLETT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE P. KANE
	Term: 1853
Important Dates
	Argued: February 15, 1854
	Decided: May 26, 1854
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

EDWIN BARTLETT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE P. KANE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1854. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1854.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 57 U.S. 263
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: John Archibald Campbell

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 liberal.