PENHALLOW, et al. VERSUS DOANE'S ADMINISTRATORS (1795)

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PENHALLOW, et al. VERSUS DOANE'S ADMINISTRATORS
Term: 1795
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1795
Decided: February 24, 1795
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
3-3
Majority
John Jay • William Paterson • James Wilson
Dissenting
John Blair • William Cushing • James Iredell

PENHALLOW, et al. VERSUS DOANE'S ADMINISTRATORS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1795. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1795.

In a 3-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
  • Petitioner: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 3 U.S. 54
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Seriatim
  • 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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