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THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS ADS. THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

Term: 1838
Important Dates
Argued: February 24, 1838
Decided: March 6, 1838
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
7-1
Majority
Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Henry Baldwin

THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS ADS. THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1838. The case was argued before the court on February 24, 1838.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Massachusetts
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Rhode Island
Citation: 37 U.S. 755
How the court took jurisdiction: Original
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: Smith Thompson

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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