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SEAMAN FIELD AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE UNITED STATES (1834)

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SEAMAN FIELD AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1834
Important Dates
Argued: February 12, 1834
Decided: February 21, 1834
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

SEAMAN FIELD AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1834. The case was argued before the court on February 12, 1834.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Priority of federal fiscal claims: over those of the states or private entities
  • Petitioner: Bankrupt person or business, or business in reorganization
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 34 U.S. 182
  • 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: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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.

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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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