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JAMES M'CUTCHEN AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. JAMES MARSHALL AND OTHERS (1834)

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JAMES M'CUTCHEN AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. JAMES MARSHALL AND OTHERS
Term: 1834
Important Dates
Decided: March 11, 1834
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

JAMES M'CUTCHEN AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS v. JAMES MARSHALL AND OTHERS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1834.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Private Action - Wills and trusts
  • Petitioner: Heir, or beneficiary, or person so claiming to be
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 33 U.S. 220
  • 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: Smith Thompson

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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