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ROGERS VS. LAW (1862)

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ROGERS VS. LAW
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: December 30, 1861
Decided: January 13, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

ROGERS VS. LAW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1862. The case was argued before the court on December 30, 1861.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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 - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 253
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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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