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LAW VS. CROSS (1862)

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LAW VS. CROSS
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1862
Decided: March 17, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

LAW VS. CROSS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1862. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1862.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
  • Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 533
  • 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: Robert Cooper Grier

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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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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