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HILLS et al. PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR; VERSUS ROSS (1796)

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HILLS et al. PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR; VERSUS ROSS
Term: 1796
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1796
Decided: February 26, 1796
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

HILLS et al. PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR; VERSUS ROSS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 1796. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1796.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 184
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Rutledge
  • 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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