ELIJAH PHELPS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JACOB MAYER (1854) - Ballotpedia

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ELIJAH PHELPS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JACOB MAYER

Term: 1853
Important Dates
Argued: December 15, 1853
Decided: January 10, 1854
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ELIJAH PHELPS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JACOB MAYER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1854. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1853.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 56 U.S. 160
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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.

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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