NATHAN CARR AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. JOSEPH HOXIE, APPELLEE (1839)

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NATHAN CARR AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. JOSEPH HOXIE, APPELLEE |
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Term: 1839 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 6, 1839 |
Decided: March 8, 1839 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne |
NATHAN CARR AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, VS. JOSEPH HOXIE, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1839. The case was argued before the court on March 6, 1839.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 38 U.S. 460
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- 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: Joseph Story
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 liberal.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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