HENRY TOLAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. HORATIO SPRAGUE (1838) - Ballotpedia

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HENRY TOLAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. HORATIO SPRAGUE

Term: 1838
Important Dates
Argued: January 26, 1838
Decided: February 6, 1838
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Philip Pendelton Barbour • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson
Concurring
Henry Baldwin • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

HENRY TOLAND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. HORATIO SPRAGUE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 6, 1838. The case was argued before the court on January 26, 1838.

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

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: Due Process - Due process: jurisdiction (jurisdiction over non-resident litigants)
Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Water transportation, stevedore
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 37 U.S. 300
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: Philip Pendelton Barbour

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.

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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