JESSE B. CLEMENTS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL BERRY (1851)

JESSE B. CLEMENTS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL BERRY
	Term: 1850
Important Dates
	Argued: February 24, 1851
	Decided: March 10, 1851
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury
Dissenting
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

JESSE B. CLEMENTS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL BERRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1851. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1851.

In a 5-4 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 Tennessee State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Tennessee
Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 52 U.S. 398
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.