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In re THOMAS KAINE, AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM GREAT BRITAIN (1853)

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in re THOMAS KAINE, AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM GREAT BRITAIN
Term: 1852
Important Dates
Argued: December 7, 1852
Decided: January 31, 1853
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-3
Judgment of the court
John Catron
Majority
Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • James Moore Wayne
Concurring
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Dissenting
Peter Vivian Daniel • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

in re THOMAS KAINE, AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE FROM GREAT BRITAIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1853. The case was argued before the court on December 7, 1852.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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: 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: 55 U.S. 103
  • 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 Catron

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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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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