CHARLES ALEXANDER v. THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY OF ALEXANDRIA (1809) - Ballotpedia

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CHARLES ALEXANDER v. THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY OF ALEXANDRIA

Term: 1809
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1809
Decided: February 8, 1809
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

CHARLES ALEXANDER v. THE MAYOR AND COMMONALTY OF ALEXANDRIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 8, 1809. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1809.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - state or local government tax
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 9 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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