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HODGSON v. BUTTS (1805)

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HODGSON v. BUTTS
Term: 1805
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 1804
Decided: March 2, 1805
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

HODGSON v. BUTTS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1805. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 1804.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Evidence
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 7 U.S. 140
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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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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