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Ex parte BARRY (1844)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte BARRY
Term: 1844
Important Dates
Decided: January 1, 1844
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry BaldwinJohn CatronPeter Vivian DanielJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanJoseph StoryJames Moore Wayne

ex parte BARRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 1, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 43 U.S. 65
  • 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: Joseph Story

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.

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