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WABASH AND ERIE CANAL VS. BEERS (1862)

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WABASH AND ERIE CANAL VS. BEERS
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Argued: January 3, 1862
Decided: January 6, 1862
Outcome
No disposition
Vote
5-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

WABASH AND ERIE CANAL VS. BEERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 6, 1862. The case was argued before the court on January 3, 1862.

The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue a ruling. The case originated from the Indiana U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Indiana.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 54
  • 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: 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 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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