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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ANDREW N. LAUB (1838)

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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ANDREW N. LAUB |
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Term: 1838 |
Important Dates |
Argued: January 29, 1838 |
Decided: February 10, 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, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ANDREW N. LAUB is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1838. The case was argued before the court on January 29, 1838.
In a 9-0 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.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
- Petitioner: United States
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 37 U.S. 1
- 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: Smith Thompson
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
- Ballotpedia's Robe & Gavel newsletter
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