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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. NATHANIEL COX (1837)

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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. NATHANIEL COX
Term: 1837
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 1837
Decided: January 14, 1837
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS v. NATHANIEL COX is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1837. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 1837.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 36 U.S. 162
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 McLean

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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