JACOB STRADER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM (1856) - Ballotpedia

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JACOB STRADER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Decided: May 9, 1856
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
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

JACOB STRADER AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM 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 dismissed the case. The case originated from the Kentucky State Appellate Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Assessment of costs or damages: as part of a court order
Petitioner: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 59 U.S. 602
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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

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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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