WILLIAM H. MCFARLAND v. WILLIAM M. GWIN, (LATE MARSHAL. (1845)

WILLIAM H. MCFARLAND v. WILLIAM M. GWIN, (LATE MARSHAL.
	Term: 1845
Important Dates
	Argued: February 20, 1845
	Decided: March 5, 1845
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Joseph Story • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

WILLIAM H. MCFARLAND v. WILLIAM M. GWIN, (LATE MARSHAL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1845. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1845.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Mississippi U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Mississippi.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
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. 717
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: John McKinley

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.