SAMUEL VERDEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ISAAC COLEMAN (1855) - Ballotpedia

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SAMUEL VERDEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ISAAC COLEMAN

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: December 14, 1855
Decided: December 21, 1855
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

SAMUEL VERDEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ISAAC COLEMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 21, 1855. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1855.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Indiana State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
Petitioner: Unidentifiable
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Unidentifiable
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 59 U.S. 86
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: John Archibald Campbell

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

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Footnotes

↑ 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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