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THE STATE OF FLORIDA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA (1851)

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THE STATE OF FLORIDA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA
Term: 1850
Important Dates
Decided: January 14, 1851
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
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 STATE OF FLORIDA, COMPLAINANT, v. THE STATE OF GEORGIA 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 granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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 - judicial administration: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Florida
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 52 U.S. 293
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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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