MARTHA BRADSTREET, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ANSON THOMAS (February 20, 1838)

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MARTHA BRADSTREET, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ANSON THOMAS |
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Term: 1838 |
Important Dates |
Argued: February 10, 1838 |
Decided: February 20, 1838 |
Outcome |
No disposition |
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 |
MARTHA BRADSTREET, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ANSON THOMAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1838. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1838.
The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the New York Northern U.S. District Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
- Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 37 U.S. 59
- 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 unspecifiable.
See also
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