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WILLIAM B. BEND VS. JESSE HOYT (1839)

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WILLIAM B. BEND VS. JESSE HOYT
Term: 1839
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1839
Decided: February 27, 1839
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
8-1
Majority
Henry BaldwinPhilip Pendelton BarbourJohn CatronJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanJoseph StoryRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Smith Thompson

WILLIAM B. BEND VS. JESSE HOYT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1839. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1839.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Commercial transactions
  • Petitioner: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Respondent state: United States
  • Citation: 38 U.S. 263
  • 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: Joseph Story

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 unspecifiable.

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