ARCAMBEL VERSUS WISEMAN (1796)

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ARCAMBEL VERSUS WISEMAN
Term: 1796
Important Dates
Argued: August 12, 1796
Decided: August 12, 1796
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

ARCAMBEL VERSUS WISEMAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 12, 1796. The case was argued before the court on August 12, 1796.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
  • Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 306
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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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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