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Ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS (1830)

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ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS
Term: 1830
Important Dates
Decided: February 6, 1830
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 6, 1830.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1830s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 28 U.S. 193
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of habeas corpus
  • 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 conservative.

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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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