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BLACKWELL v. PATTEN AND OTHERS (1812)

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BLACKWELL v. PATTEN AND OTHERS
Term: 1812
Important Dates
Decided: March 14, 1812
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

BLACKWELL v. PATTEN AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1812.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, 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 - Supreme Court's certiorari, writ of error, or appeals jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 11 U.S. 277
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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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