THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL R. CLAPP (1855)

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL R. CLAPP
	Term: 1854
Important Dates
	Argued: December 27, 1854
	Decided: January 16, 1855
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
	Peter Vivian Daniel

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. DANIEL R. CLAPP is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1855. The case was argued before the court on December 27, 1854.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Rhode Island
Respondent type: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 58 U.S. 161
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: Samuel Nelson

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.