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MALINDA FOX v. THE STATE OF OHIO

Term: 1847
Important Dates
Argued: February 10, 1847
Decided: February 22, 1847
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury
Dissenting
John McLean

MALINDA FOX v. THE STATE OF OHIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1847. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1847.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: financial (other than in fraud or internal revenue)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Ohio
Citation: 46 U.S. 410
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: 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 conservative.

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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