HAYBURN'S CASE (1792)

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HAYBURN'S CASE
Term: 1792
Important Dates
Argued: August 8, 1792
Decided: August 11, 1792
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Blair • William Cushing • James Iredell • John Jay • Thomas Johnson • James Wilson

HAYBURN'S CASE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 11, 1792. The case was argued before the court on August 8, 1792.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Jay Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from federal district courts or courts of appeals (cf. 753)
  • Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 2 U.S. 409
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Jay
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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