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EDWARD HARDY VS. JESSE HOYT (1839)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
EDWARD HARDY VS. JESSE HOYT
Term: 1839
Important Dates
Decided: February 27, 1839
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
9-0
Majority
Henry BaldwinPhilip Pendelton BarbourJohn CatronJohn McKinleyJohn McLeanJoseph StoryRoger Brooke TaneySmith ThompsonJames Moore Wayne

EDWARD HARDY VS. JESSE HOYT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1839.

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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federal Taxation - Federal taxation of gifts, personal, business, or professional expenses
  • 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: 38 U.S. 292
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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