GEORGE WILSON v. RICHARD MASON, DEVISEE OF GEORGE MASON (1801) - Ballotpedia

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GEORGE WILSON v. RICHARD MASON, DEVISEE OF GEORGE MASON

Term: 1801
Important Dates
Argued: August 8, 1801
Decided: December 15, 1801
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Alfred Moore • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

GEORGE WILSON v. RICHARD MASON, DEVISEE OF GEORGE MASON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1801. The case was argued before the court on August 8, 1801.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 5 U.S. 45
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: 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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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