FRANCIS WEST AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. WALTER BRASHEAR, APPELLEE (1840) - Ballotpedia

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FRANCIS WEST AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. WALTER BRASHEAR, APPELLEE

Term: 1840
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 1840
Decided: February 10, 1840
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

FRANCIS WEST AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. WALTER BRASHEAR, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1840. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1840.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 39 U.S. 51
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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.

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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