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BINGHAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERR. VERSUS CABBOT et al. (1795)

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BINGHAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERR. VERSUS CABBOT et al.
Term: 1795
Important Dates
Argued: February 21, 1795
Decided: March 2, 1795
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
2-2
Majority
William Paterson • James Wilson
Dissenting
William Cushing • James Iredell

BINGHAM, PLAINTIFF IN ERR. VERSUS CABBOT et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1795. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 1795.

In a 2-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: International Entity
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 19
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Seriatim
  • Who was the chief justice: John Jay
  • 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 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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