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OSWALD, ADMINISTRATOR, VERSUS THE STATE OF NEW-YORK (August 7, 1792)

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OSWALD, ADMINISTRATOR, VERSUS THE STATE OF NEW-YORK
Term: 1792
Important Dates
Decided: August 7, 1792
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-0
Majority
John Blair • William Cushing • James Iredell • John Jay • Thomas Johnson • James Wilson

OSWALD, ADMINISTRATOR, VERSUS THE STATE OF NEW-YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 7, 1792.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1790s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Jay Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal district courts or territorial courts
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 2 U.S. 402
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Jay
  • 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 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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