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MOSSMAN, SURVIVING EXECUTOR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS HIGGINSON, SURVIVING PARTNER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR (1800)

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MOSSMAN, SURVIVING EXECUTOR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS HIGGINSON, SURVIVING PARTNER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
Term: 1800
Important Dates
Decided: August 11, 1800
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

MOSSMAN, SURVIVING EXECUTOR, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS HIGGINSON, SURVIVING PARTNER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 11, 1800.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Georgia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Georgia.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: federal question (cf. no merits: dismissed for want of a substantial or properly presented federal question)
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Nonresident
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 4 U.S. 12
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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