RANDALL VS. HOWARD (1863)
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| RANDALL VS. HOWARD |
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| Term: 1862 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 10, 1862 |
| Decided: January 5, 1863 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 8-0 |
| Majority |
| John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney |
RANDALL VS. HOWARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 5, 1863. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1862.
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.
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: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
- Petitioner: Debtor
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 67 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: David Davis
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.
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