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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. THE HEIRS OF BOISDORE

Term: 1850
Important Dates
Argued: December 14, 1849
Decided: December 20, 1849
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. THE HEIRS OF BOISDORE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 20, 1849. The case was argued before the court on December 14, 1849.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 49 U.S. 113
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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 unspecifiable.

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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