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JOHN MCCOLLUM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JENISON EAGER (1844)

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JOHN MCCOLLUM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JENISON EAGER
Term: 1844
Important Dates
Decided: February 22, 1844
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne

JOHN MCCOLLUM, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JENISON EAGER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 43 U.S. 61
  • 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 conservative.

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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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