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HEZEKIAH WOOD v. JOHN DAVIS AND OTHERS (1812)

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HEZEKIAH WOOD v. JOHN DAVIS AND OTHERS
Term: 1812
Important Dates
Argued: March 9, 1812
Decided: March 10, 1812
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

HEZEKIAH WOOD v. JOHN DAVIS AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1812. The case was argued before the court on March 9, 1812.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Slave-owner
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Slave
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 11 U.S. 271
  • 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 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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