JAMES BROWN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CLARKE, DEFENDANT (1846) - Ballotpedia

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JAMES BROWN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CLARKE, DEFENDANT

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Argued: December 3, 1845
Decided: January 12, 1846
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

JAMES BROWN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CLARKE, DEFENDANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1846. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1845.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 45 U.S. 4
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: Samuel Nelson

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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