WILLIAM R. SMITH, APPELLANT, VS. GUY RICHARDS, APPELLEE (1839) - Ballotpedia

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WILLIAM R. SMITH, APPELLANT, VS. GUY RICHARDS, APPELLEE

Term: 1839
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1839
Decided: February 5, 1839
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Philip Pendelton Barbour • John Catron • John McKinley • Roger Brooke Taney • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
Henry Baldwin • John McLean • Joseph Story

WILLIAM R. SMITH, APPELLANT, VS. GUY RICHARDS, APPELLEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 5, 1839. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1839.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. 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 - Real property
Petitioner: Seller or vendor
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 38 U.S. 26
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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: Philip Pendelton Barbour

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.

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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