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GOLDSBOROUGH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ORR, DEFENDANT IN ERROR (1822)

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GOLDSBOROUGH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ORR, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
Term: 1822
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1822
Decided: March 19, 1822
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

GOLDSBOROUGH, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. ORR, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 19, 1822. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1822.

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

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 - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 21 U.S. 217
  • 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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