Your monthly support provides voters the knowledge they need to make confident decisions at the polls. Donate today.

HARDEN v. FISHER et al. (1816)

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search

Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
HARDEN v. FISHER et al.
Term: 1816
Important Dates
Decided: March 15, 1816
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

HARDEN v. FISHER et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 15, 1816.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of New York.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

[1]

About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - state and territorial land claims
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • 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: 14 U.S. 300
  • 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 liberal.

See also

External links

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
Retrieved from "https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=HARDEN_v._FISHER_et_al._(1816)&oldid=9493295"