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FOWLE v. THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA (1826)

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FOWLE v. THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA
Term: 1826
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 1826
Decided: March 11, 1826
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

FOWLE v. THE COMMON COUNCIL OF ALEXANDRIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1826. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 1826.

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.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, 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 - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 24 U.S. 320
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • 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 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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