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SAMUEL PECK, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARY YOUNG (1843)

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SAMUEL PECK, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARY YOUNG |
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Term: 1843 |
Important Dates |
Decided: February 8, 1843 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
Vote |
6-0 |
Majority |
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne |
SAMUEL PECK, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARY YOUNG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 8, 1843.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question, or a nonsuit
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Unidentifiable
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 42 U.S. 250
- How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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