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THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF v. JOHN BAILEY

Term: 1835
Important Dates
Argued: January 14, 1835
Decided: January 20, 1835
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
5-1
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John McLean

THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF v. JOHN BAILEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 1835. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 1835.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: perjury (other than as pertains to statutory construction of criminal laws: false statements)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 34 U.S. 238
How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: Joseph Story

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.

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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