CROWELL AND OTHERS v. M'FADON (1814)

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CROWELL AND OTHERS v. M'FADON
Term: 1814
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1814
Decided: February 28, 1814
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Thomas Todd

CROWELL AND OTHERS v. M'FADON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 28, 1814. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1814.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts State Trial Court.

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: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
  • Petitioner: Customs Service or Commissioner of Customs
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 12 U.S. 94
  • 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: Gabriel Duvall

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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