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RICHARD R. KEENE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE HEIRS OF DANIEL CLARK (1836)

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RICHARD R. KEENE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE HEIRS OF DANIEL CLARK
Term: 1836
Important Dates
Decided: February 19, 1836
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

RICHARD R. KEENE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. THE HEIRS OF DANIEL CLARK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 1836.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana 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: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Seller or vendor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 35 U.S. 291
  • 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: Joseph Story

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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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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