EDWARD CARRINGTON AND OTHERS v. THE MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY (1834) - Ballotpedia

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EDWARD CARRINGTON AND OTHERS v. THE MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY

Term: 1834
Important Dates
Argued: February 17, 1834
Decided: March 3, 1834
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

EDWARD CARRINGTON AND OTHERS v. THE MERCHANTS' INSURANCE COMPANY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1834. The case was argued before the court on February 17, 1834.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 33 U.S. 495
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: Joseph Story

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 conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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