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IN THE MATTER OF NICHOLAS LUCIEN METZGER

Term: 1847
Important Dates
Argued: February 12, 1847
Decided: February 26, 1847
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

IN THE MATTER OF NICHOLAS LUCIEN METZGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1847. The case was argued before the court on February 12, 1847.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: United States
Citation: 46 U.S. 176
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
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: John McLean

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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