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

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MARTHA BRADSTREET, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ANSON THOMAS
Term: 1838
Important Dates
Argued: February 10, 1838
Decided: February 20, 1838
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
8-1
Majority
Philip Pendelton BarbourJohn CatronJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanJoseph StoryRoger Brooke TaneySmith ThompsonJames 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.

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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.

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