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BERNARDO SAMPEYREAC AND JOSEPH STEWART, APPELLANTS v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES (1833)

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BERNARDO SAMPEYREAC AND JOSEPH STEWART, APPELLANTS v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1833
Decided: March 6, 1833
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

BERNARDO SAMPEYREAC AND JOSEPH STEWART, APPELLANTS v. THE UNITED STATES, APPELLEES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 6, 1833. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1833.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arkansas Territorial Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, 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 - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 222
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Smith Thompson

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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