JOSEPH FORSYTH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES (1850) - Ballotpedia

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JOSEPH FORSYTH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES

Term: 1850
Important Dates
Argued: May 17, 1850
Decided: May 28, 1850
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

JOSEPH FORSYTH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 28, 1850. The case was argued before the court on May 17, 1850.

In an 8-0 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 Florida U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Florida.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 50 U.S. 571
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: Samuel Nelson

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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