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JOHN C. DESHLER v. GEORGE C. DODGE (1854)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
JOHN C. DESHLER v. GEORGE C. DODGE
Term: 1853
Important Dates
Argued: April 25, 1854
Decided: May 16, 1854
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Robert Cooper Grier • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • James Moore Wayne
Dissenting
John Archibald Campbell • John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • Roger Brooke Taney

JOHN C. DESHLER v. GEORGE C. DODGE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 16, 1854. The case was argued before the court on April 25, 1854.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Ohio U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Ohio.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1850s, 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 - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 57 U.S. 622
  • 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: Samuel Nelson

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.

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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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