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THE UNITED STATES v. EPHRAIM BRIGGS

Term: 1850
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1850
Decided: May 8, 1850
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

THE UNITED STATES v. EPHRAIM BRIGGS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 8, 1850. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1850.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 50 U.S. 351
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: John Catron

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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