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MARTIN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOTT, DEFENDANT IN ERROR

Term: 1827
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1827
Decided: February 2, 1827
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Robert Trimble • Bushrod Washington

MARTIN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MOTT, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 2, 1827. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1827.

In a 7-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 25 U.S. 19
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: Joseph Story

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 liberal.

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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