SAMUEL DINSMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CHARLES WILKES (1852)

SAMUEL DINSMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CHARLES WILKES
	Term: 1851
Important Dates
	Argued: January 26, 1852
	Decided: February 23, 1852
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL DINSMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CHARLES WILKES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1852. The case was argued before the court on January 26, 1852.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 53 U.S. 390
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: 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 liberal.