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FENEMORE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS THE UNITED STATES

Term: 1797
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1797
Decided: August 7, 1797
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

FENEMORE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 7, 1797. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1797.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New Jersey.

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: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: fraud
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 3 U.S. 357
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Seriatim
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

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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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