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HORACE H. DAY, APPELLANT, v. THE UNION INDIA RUBBER COMPANY (1858)

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HORACE H. DAY, APPELLANT, v. THE UNION INDIA RUBBER COMPANY
Term: 1857
Important Dates
Argued: February 4, 1858
Decided: February 22, 1858
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald CampbellJohn CatronNathan CliffordPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

HORACE H. DAY, APPELLANT, v. THE UNION INDIA RUBBER COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1858. The case was argued before the court on February 4, 1858.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Inventor, patent assigner, trademark owner or holder
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Manufacturer
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 61 U.S. 216
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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.

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