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HARCOURT AND OTHERS v. GAILLARD AND OTHERS (1827)

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HARCOURT AND OTHERS v. GAILLARD AND OTHERS
Term: 1827
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1827
Decided: March 3, 1827
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Robert Trimble • Bushrod Washington

HARCOURT AND OTHERS v. GAILLARD AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1827. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1827.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower 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: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • 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: 25 U.S. 523
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Johnson Jr.

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 liberal.

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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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