WILLIAM M. GWIN v. JAMES W. BREEDLOVE (1844) - Ballotpedia

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WILLIAM M. GWIN v. JAMES W. BREEDLOVE

Term: 1844
Important Dates
Argued: January 10, 1844
Decided: January 31, 1844
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
6-1
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John Catron • John McKinley • John McLean • Joseph Story • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Peter Vivian Daniel

WILLIAM M. GWIN v. JAMES W. BREEDLOVE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 1844. The case was argued before the court on January 10, 1844.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: Federalism - national supremacy: state tax (cf. state tax)
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 43 U.S. 29
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 Catron

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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