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STEAMBOAT NIAGARA v. VAN PELT (1855)

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STEAMBOAT NIAGARA v. VAN PELT
Term: 1854
Important Dates
Decided: February 15, 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

STEAMBOAT NIAGARA v. VAN PELT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1855.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. 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 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 154 U.S. 533
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Decrees
  • Who was the chief justice: Roger Brooke Taney
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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