ROBERT GUE, APPELLANT, v. THE TIDE WATER CANAL COMPANY (1861) - Ballotpedia

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ROBERT GUE, APPELLANT, v. THE TIDE WATER CANAL COMPANY

Term: 1860
Important Dates
Argued: January 8, 1861
Decided: January 21, 1861
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ROBERT GUE, APPELLANT, v. THE TIDE WATER CANAL COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1861. The case was argued before the court on January 8, 1861.

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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Civil procedure
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 65 U.S. 257
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.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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