JOHN CLAY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ABRAHAM SMITH (1830) - Ballotpedia

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JOHN CLAY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ABRAHAM SMITH

Term: 1830
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 1827
Decided: February 16, 1830
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

JOHN CLAY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ABRAHAM SMITH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1830. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1827.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 28 U.S. 411
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: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Johnson Jr.

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.

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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