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CLEVELAND VS. CHAMBERLAIN (1862)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
CLEVELAND VS. CHAMBERLAIN
Term: 1861
Important Dates
Decided: February 3, 1862
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Catron • Nathan Clifford • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne • Roger Brooke Taney

CLEVELAND VS. CHAMBERLAIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 3, 1862.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Wisconsin U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: adversary parties
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 66 U.S. 419
  • 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: Robert Cooper Grier

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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