WILLIAM A. SHAFFER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES A. SCUDDAY (1857)

WILLIAM A. SHAFFER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES A. SCUDDAY
	Term: 1856
Important Dates
	Argued: December 30, 1856
	Decided: January 22, 1857
Outcome
	Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

WILLIAM A. SHAFFER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JAMES A. SCUDDAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1857. The case was argued before the court on December 30, 1856.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Louisiana State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
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: 60 U.S. 16
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: 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 conservative.