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Ex parte WILLIAM MANY (1853)

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ex parte WILLIAM MANY
Term: 1852
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1853
Decided: March 7, 1853
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ex parte WILLIAM MANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1853. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1853.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, 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: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Judge
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 55 U.S. 24
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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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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