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ISAAC LARMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES TISDALE'S HEIRS (1851)

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ISAAC LARMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES TISDALE'S HEIRS
Term: 1850
Important Dates
Decided: March 4, 1851
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
9-0
Judgment of the court
John CatronPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonJames Moore WayneLevi Woodbury
Majority
Roger Brooke Taney

ISAAC LARMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES TISDALE'S HEIRS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1851.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling.

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 - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 52 U.S. 586
  • 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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