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SAMUEL SPRIGG, APPELLANT, VS. THE BANK OF MOUNT PLEASANT, APPELLEE (1840)

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SAMUEL SPRIGG, APPELLANT, VS. THE BANK OF MOUNT PLEASANT, APPELLEE
Term: 1840
Important Dates
Decided: March 9, 1840
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL SPRIGG, APPELLANT, VS. THE BANK OF MOUNT PLEASANT, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1840.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Bank, savings and loan, credit union, investment company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 39 U.S. 201
  • 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: Smith Thompson

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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