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THE UNITED STATES VS. ISAAC MORRIS (1840)

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THE UNITED STATES VS. ISAAC MORRIS
Term: 1840
Important Dates
Argued: February 17, 1840
Decided: February 28, 1840
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES VS. ISAAC MORRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1840. The case was argued before the court on February 17, 1840.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 39 U.S. 464
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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