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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH DELESPINE, APPELLEE (1841)

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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH DELESPINE, APPELLEE
Term: 1841
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1840
Decided: March 2, 1841
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH DELESPINE, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1841. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 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.

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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: 40 U.S. 319
  • 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.

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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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