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MCILVAINE v. COXE'S LESSEE (1808)

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MCILVAINE v. COXE'S LESSEE
Term: 1808
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1805
Decided: February 23, 1808
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Bushrod Washington

MCILVAINE v. COXE'S LESSEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1808. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1805.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 8 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: William Cushing

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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