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THE UNITED STATES v. ZEPHANIAH KINGSLEY (1838)
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| THE UNITED STATES v. ZEPHANIAH KINGSLEY |
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| Term: 1838 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: February 14, 1838 |
| Decided: March 7, 1838 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 8-1 |
| Majority |
| Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne |
| Dissenting |
| Henry Baldwin |
THE UNITED STATES v. ZEPHANIAH KINGSLEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1838. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1838.
In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Florida Territorial Trial Court.
For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.
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: 37 U.S. 476
- 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: James Moore Wayne
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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