MARSHALL v. KNOTT (1868)

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MARSHALL v. KNOTT
Term: 1867
Important Dates
Decided: February 24, 1868
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

MARSHALL v. KNOTT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1868.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Unidentifiable
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Unidentifiable
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 131 U.S. ccv
  • 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: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

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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