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THE UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH GARDNER (1836)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
THE UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH GARDNER
Term: 1836
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1836
Decided: February 26, 1836
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
5-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH GARDNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1836. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1836.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New Jersey.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 35 U.S. 618
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Smith Thompson

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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