THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANT, v. JOHN C. MCLEMORE (1846) - Ballotpedia

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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANT, v. JOHN C. MCLEMORE

Term: 1846
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1846
Decided: January 21, 1846
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • Levi Woodbury
Concurring
James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANT, v. JOHN C. MCLEMORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1846. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1846.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 45 U.S. 286
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: John McLean

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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