THOMAS WILSON AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS, v. HORACE SMITH, DEFENDANT (1845) - Ballotpedia

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THOMAS WILSON AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS, v. HORACE SMITH, DEFENDANT

Term: 1845
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 1845
Decided: February 5, 1845
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THOMAS WILSON AND COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS, v. HORACE SMITH, DEFENDANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1845. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1845.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Business, corporation
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 44 U.S. 763
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: 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 unspecifiable.

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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