THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. THOMAS REID AND EDWARD CLEMENTS (1852)

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. THOMAS REID AND EDWARD CLEMENTS
	Term: 1851
Important Dates
	Argued: January 13, 1852
	Decided: February 6, 1852
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. THOMAS REID AND EDWARD CLEMENTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 6, 1852. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1852.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 53 U.S. 361
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
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 conservative.