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HOUSTON v. MOOR (1818)

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HOUSTON v. MOOR
Term: 1818
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1818
Decided: March 2, 1818
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-0
Majority
William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

HOUSTON v. MOOR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1818. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1818.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - no merits: dismissed or affirmed for want of jurisdiction (cf. judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal from federal district courts or courts of appeals)
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 16 U.S. 433
  • 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 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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