ALEXANDER FINLAY AND JOHN MITCHELL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR VS. WILLIAM KING'S LESSEE (1830) - Ballotpedia

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ALEXANDER FINLAY AND JOHN MITCHELL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR VS. WILLIAM KING'S LESSEE

Term: 1830
Important Dates
Argued: March 17, 1829
Decided: February 2, 1830
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

ALEXANDER FINLAY AND JOHN MITCHELL, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR VS. WILLIAM KING'S LESSEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1830. The case was argued before the court on March 17, 1829.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 28 U.S. 346
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: John Marshall
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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