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PIERCE v. TURNER (1809)

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PIERCE v. TURNER
Term: 1809
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1809
Decided: March 13, 1809
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-1
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington
Dissenting
William Johnson Jr.

PIERCE v. TURNER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 13, 1809. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1809.

In a 6-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Debtors' rights
  • Petitioner: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Agent, fiduciary, trustee, or executor
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 9 U.S. 154
  • 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: Bushrod Washington

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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