JOHN R. IRVINE, APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM R. MARSHALL AND THOMAS BARTON (1858)

JOHN R. IRVINE, APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM R. MARSHALL AND THOMAS BARTON
	Term: 1857
Important Dates
	Argued: April 15, 1858
	Decided: May 14, 1858
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson

JOHN R. IRVINE, APPELLANT, v. WILLIAM R. MARSHALL AND THOMAS BARTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 14, 1858. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1858.

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 Minnesota Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 61 U.S. 558
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: Peter Vivian Daniel

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.