SAMUEL D. HARRIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. JAMES DENNIE (1830) - Ballotpedia

Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

SAMUEL D. HARRIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. JAMES DENNIE

Term: 1830
Important Dates
Argued: February 9, 1830
Decided: February 22, 1830
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

SAMUEL D. HARRIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VS. JAMES DENNIE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 22, 1830. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1830.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts 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.

About the case

Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Respondent state: Massachusetts
Citation: 28 U.S. 292
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

v • e

Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

Active justices

Chief justice: Roberts
Associate justices: Alito • Barrett • Gorsuch • Jackson • Kagan • Kavanaugh • Sotomayor • Thomas

Senior justices

Breyer • Kennedy • Souter

Former chief justices

Burger • Chase • Ellsworth • Fuller • Hughes • Jay • Marshall • Rehnquist • Rutledge • Stone • Taft • Taney • Vinson • Waite • Warren •

Former associate justices

O'Connor • Baldwin • Barbour • Black • Blackmun • Blair • Blatchford • Bradley • Brandeis • Brennan • Brewer • Brown • Burton • Butler • Byrnes • Campbell • Cardozo • Catron • Chase • Clark • Clarke • Clifford • Curtis • Cushing • Daniel • Davis • Day • Douglas • Duvall • Field • Fortas • Frankfurter • Ginsburg • Goldberg • Gray • Grier • Harlan I • Harlan II • Holmes • Hunt • Iredell • H. Jackson • R. Jackson • T. Johnson • W. Johnson, Jr. • J. Lamar • L. Lamar • Livingston • Lurton • Marshall • Matthews • McKenna • McKinley • McLean • McReynolds • Miller • Minton • Moody • Moore • Murphy • Nelson • Paterson • Peckham • Pitney • Powell • Reed • Roberts • W. Rutledge • Sanford • Scalia • Shiras • Stevens • Stewart • Story • Strong • Sutherland • Swayne • Thompson • Todd • Trimble • Van Devanter • Washington • Wayne • B. White • Whittaker • Wilson • Woodbury • Woods

Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=SAMUEL_D._HARRIS,_PLAINTIFF_IN_ERROR_VS._JAMES_DENNIE_(1830)&oldid=9504304"