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WILLIAM F. CARY AND SAMUEL T. CARY, PLAINTIFFS, v. EDWARD CURTIS (1845)

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WILLIAM F. CARY AND SAMUEL T. CARY, PLAINTIFFS, v. EDWARD CURTIS
Term: 1845
Important Dates
Decided: January 21, 1845
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
5-2
Majority
John CatronPeter Vivian DanielJohn McKinleyRoger Brooke TaneyJames Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John McLeanJoseph Story

WILLIAM F. CARY AND SAMUEL T. CARY, PLAINTIFFS, v. EDWARD CURTIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1845.

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: Federal Taxation - federal taxation, typically under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code
  • 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: 44 U.S. 236
  • 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: Peter Vivian Daniel

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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