THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CATESBY AP. ROGER JONES (1856) - Ballotpedia

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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CATESBY AP. ROGER JONES

Term: 1855
Important Dates
Argued: December 20, 1855
Decided: January 2, 1856
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-2
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. CATESBY AP. ROGER JONES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1856. The case was argued before the court on December 20, 1855.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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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: 59 U.S. 92
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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

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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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