OLNEY VERSUS ARNOLD (1796)

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OLNEY VERSUS ARNOLD
Term: 1796
Important Dates
Argued: March 2, 1796
Decided: August 11, 1796
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Oliver Ellsworth • James Iredell • William Paterson • James Wilson

OLNEY VERSUS ARNOLD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 11, 1796. The case was argued before the court on March 2, 1796.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Rhode Island State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, 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: Supreme Court jurisdiction or authority on appeal or writ of error, from highest state court
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Rhode Island
  • Respondent type: Debtor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 308
  • 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: Oliver Ellsworth
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Oliver Ellsworth

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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