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ALEXANDER v. HARRIS, BAILIFF OF CRAMMOND (1808)

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ALEXANDER v. HARRIS, BAILIFF OF CRAMMOND
Term: 1807
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1808
Decided: March 2, 1808
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

ALEXANDER v. HARRIS, BAILIFF OF CRAMMOND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1808. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1808.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 8 U.S. 299
  • 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.

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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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