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BENJAMIN BUCK & THOMAS HEDRICK VS. THE CHESAPEAKE INSURANCE COMPANY (1828)

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BENJAMIN BUCK & THOMAS HEDRICK VS. THE CHESAPEAKE INSURANCE COMPANY
Term: 1828
Important Dates
Argued: January 25, 1828
Decided: February 8, 1828
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Robert Trimble • Bushrod Washington

BENJAMIN BUCK & THOMAS HEDRICK VS. THE CHESAPEAKE INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 8, 1828. The case was argued before the court on January 25, 1828.

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

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: 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: 26 U.S. 151
  • 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: William Johnson Jr.

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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