ALANSON SALTMARSH v. JAMES W. TUTHILL (1852)
ALANSON SALTMARSH v. JAMES W. TUTHILL |
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Term: 1851 |
Important Dates |
Argued: May 25, 1852 |
Decided: May 27, 1852 |
Outcome |
Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
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 |
ALANSON SALTMARSH v. JAMES W. TUTHILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 1852. The case was argued before the court on May 25, 1852.
In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.
About the case
- Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
- Petitioner: Unidentifiable
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Judge
- Respondent state: United States
- Citation: 53 U.S. 387
- How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
- 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: Roger Brooke Taney
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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