A.L. MARSHALL AND C.S SILVER, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., OF FINICE CARUTHERS, DECEASED v. ROBERT J. LADD (1869)

A.L. MARSHALL AND C.S SILVER, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., OF FINICE CARUTHERS, DECEASED v. ROBERT J. LADD
	Term: 1868
Important Dates
	Argued: February 4, 1869
	Decided: February 15, 1869
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-0
Majority
	Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

A.L. MARSHALL AND C.S SILVER, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., OF FINICE CARUTHERS, DECEASED v. ROBERT J. LADD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1869. The case was argued before the court on February 4, 1869.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
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: 131 U.S. lxxxix
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: Salmon Portland Chase
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Freeman Miller

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.