WARD et al. VS. CHAMBERLAIN et al. (1863)
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| WARD et al. VS. CHAMBERLAIN et al. |
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| Term: 1862 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 30, 1862 |
| Decided: February 9, 1863 |
| Outcome |
| Certification to or from a lower court |
| Vote |
| 6-2 |
| Majority |
| Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney |
| Dissenting |
| John Catron • Robert Cooper Grier |
WARD et al. VS. CHAMBERLAIN et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 9, 1863. The case was argued before the court on December 30, 1862.
The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Ohio Southern U.S. District Court.
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.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Debtor
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 67 U.S. 430
- 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: Nathan Clifford
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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