CLERKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VERSUS HARWOOD (1797)

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CLERKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VERSUS HARWOOD
Term: 1797
Important Dates
Decided: February 11, 1797
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

CLERKE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR VERSUS HARWOOD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 11, 1797.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Assessment of costs or damages: as part of a court order
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 342
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • 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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