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JOHN SIGERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EDWARD MATHEWS (1858)

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JOHN SIGERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EDWARD MATHEWS |
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Term: 1857 |
Important Dates |
Argued: April 28, 1858 |
Decided: May 14, 1858 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne |
JOHN SIGERSON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EDWARD MATHEWS 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 28, 1858.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
- Petitioner: Debtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 61 U.S. 496
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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