Ex parte, IN THE MATTER OF DUNCAN N. HENNEN (February 20, 1839) - Ballotpedia

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ex parte, IN THE MATTER OF DUNCAN N. HENNEN

Term: 1839
Important Dates
Argued: February 2, 1839
Decided: February 20, 1839
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

ex parte, IN THE MATTER OF DUNCAN N. HENNEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1839. The case was argued before the court on February 2, 1839.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 38 U.S. 230
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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: Smith Thompson

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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