HODGSON v. THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALEXANDRIA (1809) - Ballotpedia

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HODGSON v. THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALEXANDRIA

Term: 1809
Important Dates
Argued: February 14, 1809
Decided: February 24, 1809
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Henry Brockholst Livingston • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
William Johnson Jr.

HODGSON v. THE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ALEXANDRIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1809. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1809.

In a 6-0 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.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
Petitioner: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Insurance company, or surety
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 9 U.S. 100
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: William Cushing

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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