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IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES v. SHERMAN M. BOOTH (1856)

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IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES v. SHERMAN M. BOOTH
Term: 1855
Important Dates
Decided: May 9, 1856
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

IN THE MATTER OF THE UNITED STATES v. SHERMAN M. BOOTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 9, 1856.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Wisconsin State Trial Court.

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: Judicial Power - no merits: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 59 U.S. 476
  • 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: Roger Brooke Taney

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 liberal.

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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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