THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. EDWARD SIMON (1852)

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THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. EDWARD SIMON
Term: 1851
Important Dates
Argued: January 22, 1852
Decided: February 24, 1852
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
John Catron • Benjamin Robbins Curtis • Peter Vivian Daniel • Robert Cooper Grier • John McKinley • John McLean • Samuel Nelson • Roger Brooke Taney • James Moore Wayne

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. EDWARD SIMON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1852. The case was argued before the court on January 22, 1852.

In a 9-0 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 Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: United States
  • 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: 53 U.S. 433
  • 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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