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HEPBURN AND DUNDAS v. ELLZEY (1805)

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HEPBURN AND DUNDAS v. ELLZEY
Term: 1805
Important Dates
Argued: February 5, 1805
Decided: February 25, 1805
Outcome
Certification to or from a lower court
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

HEPBURN AND DUNDAS v. ELLZEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1805. The case was argued before the court on February 5, 1805.

The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Private person
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Private person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 6 U.S. 445
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Certification
  • 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 conservative.

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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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