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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
WILLIAM MARBURY v. JAMES MADISON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1803
Important Dates
Argued: February 11, 1803
Decided: February 24, 1803
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • John Marshall • Alfred Moore • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

WILLIAM MARBURY v. JAMES MADISON, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1803. The case was argued before the court on February 11, 1803.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case.

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: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: Judge
  • Petitioner state: District of Columbia
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 5 U.S. 137
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Mandamus
  • 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 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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