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THE UNITED STATES VS. ROBERT B. NELEIGH (1862)

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THE UNITED STATES VS. ROBERT B. NELEIGH
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1862
Decided: March 3, 1862
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES VS. ROBERT B. NELEIGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1862. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1862.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 298
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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 conservative.

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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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