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FENWICK v. SEARS'S ADMINISTRATORS (1803)

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FENWICK v. SEARS'S ADMINISTRATORS
Term: 1803
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1803
Decided: February 25, 1803
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Alfred Moore • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

FENWICK v. SEARS'S ADMINISTRATORS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1803. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1803.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 5 U.S. 259
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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