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HUDSON AND SMITH v. GUESTIER (1810)

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HUDSON AND SMITH v. GUESTIER
Term: 1810
Important Dates
Argued: March 12, 1810
Decided: March 17, 1810
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-1
Majority
William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
Thomas Todd
Dissenting
John Marshall

HUDSON AND SMITH v. GUESTIER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 17, 1810. The case was argued before the court on March 12, 1810.

In a 4-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Maryland U.S. Circuit for the District of Maryland.

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 - judicial administration: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Buyer, purchaser
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 10 U.S. 281
  • 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: Henry Brockholst Livingston

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.

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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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