GRANVILLE S. OLDFIELD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT (1851)

GRANVILLE S. OLDFIELD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT
	Term: 1850
Important Dates
	Argued: December 17, 1850
	Decided: February 11, 1851
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

GRANVILLE S. OLDFIELD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 11, 1851. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1850.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 51 U.S. 146
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: James Moore Wayne

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.