JAMES BARTON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT FORSYT (1858)

JAMES BARTON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT FORSYT
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: May 3, 1858
	Decided: May 18, 1858
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

JAMES BARTON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT FORSYT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 18, 1858. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1858.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Illinois.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 532
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 conservative.