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BACKHOUSE v. PATTON (1831)

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BACKHOUSE v. PATTON
Term: 1831
Important Dates
Argued: February 23, 1830
Decided: January 26, 1831
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

BACKHOUSE v. PATTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 26, 1831. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1830.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 30 U.S. 160
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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 McLean

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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