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LITTLE et al. v. BARREME et al. (1804)

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LITTLE et al. v. BARREME et al.
Term: 1804
Important Dates
Argued: December 16, 1801
Decided: February 27, 1804
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

LITTLE et al. v. BARREME et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1804. The case was argued before the court on December 16, 1801.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: foreign (non-American) nongovernmental entity
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 6 U.S. 170
  • 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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