Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

Ex parte JOHN A. DAVENPORT (1832)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
ex parte JOHN A. DAVENPORT
Term: 1832
Important Dates
Decided: March 15, 1832
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

ex parte JOHN A. DAVENPORT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1832.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern 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 Marshall Court, click here.

[1]

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: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 31 U.S. 661
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ex_parte_JOHN_A._DAVENPORT_(1832)&oldid=9490893"