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PINDELL VS. MULLIKIN et al. (1862)

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PINDELL VS. MULLIKIN et al.
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Decided: March 10, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

PINDELL VS. MULLIKIN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1862.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Missouri.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 585
  • 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: John Catron

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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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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