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MACKAY v. DILLON (1846)

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MACKAY v. DILLON
Term: 1846
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1846
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
John Catron • Peter Vivian Daniel • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne • Levi Woodbury

MACKAY v. DILLON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1846.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Missouri State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1840s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Taney Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 45 U.S. 421
  • 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: John Catron

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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