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Ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS (1833)

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ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1833
Decided: March 1, 1833
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
4-2
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr. • John McLean

ex parte TOBIAS WATKINS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1833. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1833.

In a 4-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. 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 - Cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty (cf. liability, civil rights acts)
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 568
  • 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: 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 liberal.

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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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