SAMUEL VEAZIE v. IRA WADLEIGH et al. (1837)

SAMUEL VEAZIE v. IRA WADLEIGH et al.
	Term: 1837
Important Dates
	Argued: January 12, 1837
	Decided: January 14, 1837
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	7-0
Majority
	Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL VEAZIE v. IRA WADLEIGH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1837. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1837.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Maine U.S. Circuit for the District of Maine.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 36 U.S. 55
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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: 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.