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THE LOUISVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MICHAEL WELCH (1851)

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THE LOUISVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MICHAEL WELCH
Term: 1850
Important Dates
Decided: January 14, 1851
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

THE LOUISVILLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MICHAEL WELCH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1851.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Louisiana.

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: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Manufacturer
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 51 U.S. 461
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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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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