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PIERRE MENARD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ASPASIA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR (1831)

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PIERRE MENARD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ASPASIA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
Term: 1831
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1831
Decided: March 8, 1831
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

PIERRE MENARD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. ASPASIA, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1831. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1831.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Slave-owner
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Slave
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 30 U.S. 505
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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 liberal.

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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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