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CLARK'S EXECUTORS v. CARRINGTON (1813)

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CLARK'S EXECUTORS v. CARRINGTON
Term: 1813
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1813
Decided: February 13, 1813
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

CLARK'S EXECUTORS v. CARRINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1813. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1813.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island U.S. Circuit for the District of Rhode Island.

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: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Person who guarantees another's obligations
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 11 U.S. 308
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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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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