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ex parte MYRA CLARKE WHITNEY

Term: 1839
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1839
Decided: March 9, 1839
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

ex parte MYRA CLARKE WHITNEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1839. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1839.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Court or judicial district
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 38 U.S. 404
How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
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 liberal.

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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