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HOLLINGSWORTH MAGNIAC AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JOHN R. THOMPSON (1833)

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HOLLINGSWORTH MAGNIAC AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JOHN R. THOMPSON
Term: 1833
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 1833
Decided: January 28, 1833
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

HOLLINGSWORTH MAGNIAC AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JOHN R. THOMPSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 28, 1833. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1833.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Pennsylvania.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Contracts
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 32 U.S. 348
  • 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: Joseph Story

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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