THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA v. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY et al. (1856) - Ballotpedia

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THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA v. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY et al.

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Decided: April 21, 1856
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-1
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney
Concurring
Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John McLean

THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA v. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1856.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
Respondent type: Business, corporation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 59 U.S. 421
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: 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 liberal.

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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