TOBIAS NIXDORFF, APPELLANT, v. LEWIS SMITH, APPELLEE (1842) - Ballotpedia

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TOBIAS NIXDORFF, APPELLANT, v. LEWIS SMITH, APPELLEE

Term: 1842
Important Dates
Argued: January 20, 1842
Decided: March 8, 1842
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

TOBIAS NIXDORFF, APPELLANT, v. LEWIS SMITH, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 8, 1842. The case was argued before the court on January 20, 1842.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
Petitioner: Debtor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 41 U.S. 132
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: John McKinley

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.

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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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