THOMAS J. GREEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM CUSTARD (1860) - Ballotpedia

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THOMAS J. GREEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM CUSTARD

Term: 1859
Important Dates
Argued: February 29, 1860
Decided: March 12, 1860
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THOMAS J. GREEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WILLIAM CUSTARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 12, 1860. The case was argued before the court on February 29, 1860.

In a 9-0 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 Texas Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 64 U.S. 484
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: Robert Cooper Grier

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 liberal.

See also

External links

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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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