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MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF ALEXANDRIA, v. JAMES YOUNG (1803)

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MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF ALEXANDRIA, v. JAMES YOUNG
Term: 1803
Important Dates
Argued: February 26, 1803
Decided: March 1, 1803
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel ChaseWilliam CushingJohn MarshallAlfred MooreWilliam PatersonBushrod Washington

MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF ALEXANDRIA, v. JAMES YOUNG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 1, 1803. The case was argued before the court on February 26, 1803.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, other than as in sufficiency of evidence, election of remedies, punitive damages
  • Petitioner: Insurance company, or surety
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Injured person or legal entity, nonphysically and non-employment related
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 5 U.S. 332
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • 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 conservative.

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