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OTIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WALTER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR (1826)

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OTIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WALTER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR
Term: 1826
Important Dates
Argued: February 9, 1826
Decided: February 13, 1826
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

OTIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. WALTER, DEFENDANT IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1826. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1826.

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

For a full list of cases decided in the 1820s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Federal and some few state regulations of transportation regulation: boat
  • Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
  • Petitioner state: Massachusetts
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 24 U.S. 192
  • 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: William Johnson Jr.

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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