SAMUEL SWARTWOUT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN GIHON et al. (1845) - Ballotpedia

Everything you need to know about ranked-choice voting in one spot. Click to learn more!

From Ballotpedia

Jump to: navigation, search

SAMUEL SWARTWOUT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN GIHON et al.

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Decided: January 15, 1845
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL SWARTWOUT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN GIHON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1845.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

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: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 44 U.S. 110
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 conservative.

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_SWARTWOUT,_PLAINTIFF_IN_ERROR,_v._JOHN_GIHON_et_al._(1845)&oldid=9504329"