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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. PEARSON B. READING

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1855
Decided: January 11, 1856
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Concurring
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron
Dissenting
Peter Vivian Daniel

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. PEARSON B. READING is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 11, 1856. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1855.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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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: 59 U.S. 1
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: James Moore Wayne

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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