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EMORY VERSUS GRENOUGH

Term: 1797
Important Dates
Argued: August 10, 1797
Decided: February 14, 1798
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

EMORY VERSUS GRENOUGH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1798. The case was argued before the court on August 10, 1797.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. Circuit for the District of Massachusetts.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
Petitioner: Out of state noncriminal defendant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 3 U.S. 369
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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