OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY VS. WHEELER (1862) - Ballotpedia

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OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY VS. WHEELER

Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: January 31, 1862
Decided: February 17, 1862
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI RAILROAD COMPANY VS. WHEELER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1862. The case was argued before the court on January 31, 1862.

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

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.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Debtor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 66 U.S. 286
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: 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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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