SINGLETON VS. TOUCHARD (1862)

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SINGLETON VS. TOUCHARD |
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Term: 1861 |
Important Dates |
Decided: January 6, 1862 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
5-0 |
Majority |
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney |
SINGLETON VS. TOUCHARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1862.
In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of California.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
- 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: 66 U.S. 342
- 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: Robert Cooper Grier
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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