MANUEL GARCIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. SAMUEL LEE (1838) - Ballotpedia

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MANUEL GARCIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. SAMUEL LEE

Term: 1838
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1838
Decided: March 12, 1838
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Henry Baldwin

MANUEL GARCIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. SAMUEL LEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1838. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1838.

In an 8-1 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: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 37 U.S. 511
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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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