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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, VS. ELIZABETH WIGGINS, APPELLEE

Term: 1840
Important Dates
Argued: January 29, 1840
Decided: February 21, 1840
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, VS. ELIZABETH WIGGINS, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1840. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1840.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Territorial Trial Court.

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: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 39 U.S. 334
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 Catron

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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