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BARNES AND OTHERS v. WILLIAMS (1826)

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BARNES AND OTHERS v. WILLIAMS
Term: 1826
Important Dates
Argued: March 10, 1826
Decided: March 14, 1826
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

BARNES AND OTHERS v. WILLIAMS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1826. The case was argued before the court on March 10, 1826.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 24 U.S. 415
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • 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 liberal.

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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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