ROSWELL BEEBE et al., APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM RUSSELL (1857)
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| ROSWELL BEEBE et al., APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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| Term: 1856 |
| Important Dates |
| Decided: March 5, 1857 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| 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 |
ROSWELL BEEBE et al., APPELLANTS, v. WILLIAM RUSSELL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1857.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Arkansas U.S. Circuit Court for (all) District(s) of Arkansas.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
- 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: 60 U.S. 283
- 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: James Moore Wayne
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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