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CRAIG v. LESLIE et al. (1818)

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CRAIG v. LESLIE et al.
Term: 1818
Important Dates
Argued: February 20, 1818
Decided: March 11, 1818
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

CRAIG v. LESLIE et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1818. The case was argued before the court on February 20, 1818.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 16 U.S. 563
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Bushrod Washington

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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