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JAMES RHODES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOSES BELL (1844)

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JAMES RHODES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOSES BELL
Term: 1844
Important Dates
Argued: March 8, 1844
Decided: March 15, 1844
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne

JAMES RHODES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOSES BELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1844. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1844.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Slave-owner
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Slave
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 43 U.S. 397
  • 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: John McLean

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 liberal.

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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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