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HOLLINGSWORTH, et al. VERSUS VIRGINIA (1798)

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HOLLINGSWORTH, et al. VERSUS VIRGINIA
Term: 1798
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1798
Decided: February 14, 1798
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

HOLLINGSWORTH, et al. VERSUS VIRGINIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 14, 1798. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1798.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Virginia
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 378
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • 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 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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