JOHN WILCOX AND OTHERS, VS. CRESTER HUNT AND OTHERS (1839) - Ballotpedia

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JOHN WILCOX AND OTHERS, VS. CRESTER HUNT AND OTHERS

Term: 1839
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1838
Decided: March 7, 1839
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

JOHN WILCOX AND OTHERS, VS. CRESTER HUNT AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1839. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1838.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 38 U.S. 378
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 McKinley

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.

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External links

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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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