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THE UNITED STATES v. THOMAS S. REYBURN (1832)

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THE UNITED STATES v. THOMAS S. REYBURN
Term: 1832
Important Dates
Argued: January 28, 1832
Decided: February 4, 1832
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry BaldwinGabriel DuvallJohn MarshallJohn McLeanJoseph StorySmith Thompson

THE UNITED STATES v. THOMAS S. REYBURN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 4, 1832. The case was argued before the court on January 28, 1832.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: presentation, admissibility, or sufficiency of evidence (not necessarily a criminal case)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 31 U.S. 352
  • 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: Smith Thompson

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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