W. AND H. MASSINGILL, PLAINTIFFS, v. A.C. DOWNS, CLAIMANT (1849)

W. AND H. MASSINGILL, PLAINTIFFS, v. A.C. DOWNS, CLAIMANT
	Term: 1849
Important Dates
	Argued: February 22, 1849
	Decided: March 13, 1849
Outcome
	Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

W. AND H. MASSINGILL, PLAINTIFFS, v. A.C. DOWNS, CLAIMANT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1849. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 1849.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation. cf. state regulation of business. rarely involves union activity. Does not involve constitutional interpretation unless the Court says it does.
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 48 U.S. 760
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: John McLean

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.