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Ex parte DORR (1844)

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ex parte DORR
Term: 1845
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1844
Decided: December 27, 1844
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne

ex parte DORR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 27, 1844. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1844.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Rhode Island State Supreme Court.

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: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Rhode Island
  • Citation: 44 U.S. 103
  • 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: John McLean

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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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