HUGER et al. VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA (1797)

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HUGER et al. VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA
Term: 1797
Important Dates
Decided: February 10, 1797
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-0
Majority
William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • William Paterson • James Wilson
Concurring
Samuel Chase • James Iredell

HUGER et al. VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1797.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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: Due Process - due process: hearing or notice (other than as pertains to government employees or prisoners' rights)
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: South Carolina
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: South Carolina
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 339
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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