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THOMAS B. WINSTON v. THE UNITED STATES

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Decided: December 24, 1844
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THOMAS B. WINSTON v. THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 24, 1844.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Mississippi Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Mississippi
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 44 U.S. 771
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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: Roger Brooke Taney

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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