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MESA VS. THE UNITED STATES (1863)

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MESA VS. THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1862
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1863
Decided: February 23, 1863
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

MESA VS. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1863. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1863.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, 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: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 67 U.S. 721
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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