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Ex parte LEWIS AND OTHERS (1808)

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ex parte LEWIS AND OTHERS
Term: 1807
Important Dates
Decided: March 16, 1808
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

ex parte LEWIS AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 16, 1808.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, 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 - Civil procedure
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Pennsylvania
  • Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 8 U.S. 433
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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 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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