Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM WELLS (1856) - Ballotpedia

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ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM WELLS

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: December 21, 1855
Decided: April 9, 1856
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John Archibald Campbell • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • John McLean

ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM WELLS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 9, 1856. The case was argued before the court on December 21, 1855.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 59 U.S. 307
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
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: James Moore Wayne

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 conservative.

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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