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DALY'S LESSEE v. JAMES (1823)

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DALY'S LESSEE v. JAMES
Term: 1823
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1823
Decided: March 13, 1823
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-1
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

DALY'S LESSEE v. JAMES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1823. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1823.

In a 4-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, 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 - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Tenant or lessee
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 21 U.S. 495
  • 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: 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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