THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. JOSEPH DELESPINE'S HEIRS, LAZARUS AND OTHERS (1838) - Ballotpedia

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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. JOSEPH DELESPINE'S HEIRS, LAZARUS AND OTHERS

Term: 1838
Important Dates
Argued: February 14, 1838
Decided: March 3, 1838
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. JOSEPH DELESPINE'S HEIRS, LAZARUS AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1838. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1838.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Territorial Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 37 U.S. 654
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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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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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