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N. AND J. DICK AND COMPANY v. HARDIN D. RUNNELS (1846)

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N. AND J. DICK AND COMPANY v. HARDIN D. RUNNELS
Term: 1847
Important Dates
Decided: December 21, 1846
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
John CatronPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore WayneLevi Woodbury

N. AND J. DICK AND COMPANY v. HARDIN D. RUNNELS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1846.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Witness, or person under subpoena
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 46 U.S. 7
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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: John McLean

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.

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