THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM H. FREEMAN (1845) - Ballotpedia

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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM H. FREEMAN

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Argued: January 23, 1845
Decided: February 11, 1845
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS, v. WILLIAM H. FREEMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 11, 1845. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1845.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 44 U.S. 556
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: 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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