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ELIZA BROWN, APPELLANT v. FRANCES SWANN AND OTHERS (1834)

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ELIZA BROWN, APPELLANT v. FRANCES SWANN AND OTHERS
Term: 1834
Important Dates
Decided: March 7, 1834
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry BaldwinGabriel DuvallJohn MarshallJohn McLeanJoseph StorySmith Thompson

ELIZA BROWN, APPELLANT v. FRANCES SWANN AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1834.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 33 U.S. 435
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
  • 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 Marshall

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.

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