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JEREMIAH CARPENTER, APPELLANT, v. THE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY (1846)

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JEREMIAH CARPENTER, APPELLANT, v. THE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1846
Important Dates
Decided: February 17, 1846
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

JEREMIAH CARPENTER, APPELLANT, v. THE PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1846.

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

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: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 45 U.S. 185
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Levi Woodbury

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.

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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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