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THE PROPELLER COMMERCE -- TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, CLAIMANT; FITZHUGH et al., LIBELLANTS (1862)

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THE PROPELLER COMMERCE -- TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, CLAIMANT; FITZHUGH et al., LIBELLANTS
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: January 28, 1862
Decided: February 10, 1862
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

THE PROPELLER COMMERCE -- TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, CLAIMANT; FITZHUGH et al., LIBELLANTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1862. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1862.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, 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 - Torts
  • Petitioner: Tangible property, other than real estate, including contraband
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 574
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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: Nathan Clifford

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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