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PIERRE BARRIBEAU AND EUPHRSIE T. PERRY, APPELLANTS, v. JOSHUA B. BRANT (1854)

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PIERRE BARRIBEAU AND EUPHRSIE T. PERRY, APPELLANTS, v. JOSHUA B. BRANT
Term: 1854
Important Dates
Decided: December 19, 1854
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald CampbellJohn CatronBenjamin Robbins CurtisPeter Vivian DanielRobert Cooper GrierJohn McLeanSamuel NelsonRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne

PIERRE BARRIBEAU AND EUPHRSIE T. PERRY, APPELLANTS, v. JOSHUA B. BRANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 19, 1854.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, 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 - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Seller or vendor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 58 U.S. 43
  • 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: 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 unspecifiable.

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