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MASON v. MUNCASTER (1824)

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MASON v. MUNCASTER
Term: 1824
Important Dates
Argued: February 14, 1824
Decided: March 11, 1824
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

MASON v. MUNCASTER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 11, 1824. The case was argued before the court on February 14, 1824.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Buyer, purchaser
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Religious organization, institution, or person
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 22 U.S. 445
  • 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: 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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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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