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UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOSEPH NOURSE (1835)

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UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOSEPH NOURSE
Term: 1835
Important Dates
Argued: January 23, 1835
Decided: January 31, 1835
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JOSEPH NOURSE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1835. The case was argued before the court on January 23, 1835.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: District of Columbia
  • Citation: 34 U.S. 8
  • 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: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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