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GLENDY BURKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT MCKAY (1844)

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GLENDY BURKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT MCKAY
Term: 1844
Important Dates
Decided: February 24, 1844
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne

GLENDY BURKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT MCKAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 43 U.S. 66
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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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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