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Ex parte GORDON (1862)

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ex parte GORDON
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: February 14, 1862
Decided: February 17, 1862
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

ex parte GORDON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1862. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1862.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, 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 jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 503
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Prohibition
  • 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: Roger Brooke Taney

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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