THE SHIP POTOMAC -- SIMPSON, CLAIMANT; BAKER, LIBELLANT (1862)

THE SHIP POTOMAC -- SIMPSON, CLAIMANT; BAKER, LIBELLANT
	Term: 1862
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1862
	Decided: December 23, 1862
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	John Catron • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

THE SHIP POTOMAC -- SIMPSON, CLAIMANT; BAKER, LIBELLANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 23, 1862. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1862.

In an 8-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Sufficiency of evidence: typically in the context of a jury's determination of compensation for injury or death
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 67 U.S. 581
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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