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HUDSON AND OTHERS v. GUESTIER (1808)

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HUDSON AND OTHERS v. GUESTIER
Term: 1807
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1808
Decided: March 2, 1808
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
4-2
Majority
Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
William Johnson Jr.
Dissenting
Samuel Chase • William Cushing

HUDSON AND OTHERS v. GUESTIER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 1808. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1808.

In a 4-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity primarily removal cases, civil procedure (cf. comity, criminal and First Amendment); deference to foreign judicial tribunals
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 8 U.S. 293
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • 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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