DAY AND OTHERS v. CHISM (1825)

DAY AND OTHERS v. CHISM
	Term: 1825
Important Dates
	Argued: February 11, 1825
	Decided: February 23, 1825
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	6-0
Majority
	Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

DAY AND OTHERS v. CHISM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1825. The case was argued before the court on February 11, 1825.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure including Supreme Court Rules, application of the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in civil litigation, Circuit Court Rules, and state rules and admiralty rules
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Seller or vendor
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 23 U.S. 449
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 liberal.