MOLLAN AND OTHERS v. TORRANCE (1824) - Ballotpedia

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MOLLAN AND OTHERS v. TORRANCE

Term: 1824
Important Dates
Argued: February 13, 1824
Decided: March 10, 1824
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

MOLLAN AND OTHERS v. TORRANCE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1824. The case was argued before the court on February 13, 1824.

In a 6-0 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 Mississippi U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Miscellaneous judicial power, especially diversity jurisdiction
Petitioner: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Person who guarantees another's obligations
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 22 U.S. 537
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: John Marshall

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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