JAMES C. ACHISON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JONATHAN HUDDLESON (1852)

JAMES C. ACHISON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JONATHAN HUDDLESON
	Term: 1851
Important Dates
	Argued: January 20, 1852
	Decided: February 9, 1852
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

JAMES C. ACHISON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JONATHAN HUDDLESON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 9, 1852. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1852.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Government contractor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Maryland
Citation: 53 U.S. 293
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: Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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.