ELIPHAS SPENCER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN W. LAPSLEY (1858)

ELIPHAS SPENCER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN W. LAPSLEY
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: January 29, 1858
	Decided: February 25, 1858
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	Peter Vivian Daniel

ELIPHAS SPENCER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN W. LAPSLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1858. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1858.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
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: 61 U.S. 264
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.