ALEXANDER v. THE BALTIMORE INSURANCE COMPANY (1808)

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ALEXANDER v. THE BALTIMORE INSURANCE COMPANY |
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Term: 1807 |
Important Dates |
Argued: March 8, 1808 |
Decided: March 11, 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. THE BALTIMORE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1808. The case was argued before the court on March 8, 1808.
In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
- Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 8 U.S. 370
- 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 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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