WEIGHTMAN VS. THE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON (1862)

WEIGHTMAN VS. THE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON
	Term: 1861
Important Dates
	Argued: January 2, 1862
	Decided: January 13, 1862
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-0
Majority
	John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney

WEIGHTMAN VS. THE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1862. The case was argued before the court on January 2, 1862.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Physically injured person, including wrongful death, who is not an employee
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: District of Columbia
Citation: 66 U.S. 39
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: 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.