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MARY ANN CONNOR, v. HENRY BRADLEY AND MARY, HIS WIFE (1843)

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MARY ANN CONNOR, v. HENRY BRADLEY AND MARY, HIS WIFE
Term: 1843
Important Dates
Argued: February 14, 1843
Decided: March 1, 1843
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

MARY ANN CONNOR, v. HENRY BRADLEY AND MARY, HIS WIFE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1843. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1843.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, 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 - Real property
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • 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: 42 U.S. 211
  • 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 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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