ROBERT WICKLIFFE, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS D. OWINGS (1855)

ROBERT WICKLIFFE, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS D. OWINGS
	Term: 1854
Important Dates
	Argued: December 15, 1854
	Decided: January 3, 1855
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

ROBERT WICKLIFFE, APPELLANT, v. THOMAS D. OWINGS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 3, 1855. The case was argued before the court on December 15, 1854.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Kentucky.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
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: 58 U.S. 47
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 Archibald Campbell

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.