THE UNITED STATES v. ANDRES CASTILLERO (1863)

THE UNITED STATES v. ANDRES CASTILLERO
	Term: 1862
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1863
	Decided: March 10, 1863
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne
Dissenting
	John Catron • Robert Cooper Grier • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES v. ANDRES CASTILLERO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1863. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1863.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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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: 67 U.S. 17
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: Nathan Clifford

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.