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M'MILLAN v. M'NEILL (1819)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
M'MILLAN v. M'NEILL
Term: 1819
Important Dates
Argued: February 18, 1819
Decided: February 20, 1819
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington
Concurring
William Johnson Jr.

M'MILLAN v. M'NEILL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 1819. The case was argued before the court on February 18, 1819.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana U.S. District Court.

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: Economic Activity - Bankruptcy (except in the context of priority of federal fiscal claims)
  • Petitioner: Debtor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 17 U.S. 209
  • 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: 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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