PILES AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BOULDIN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR (1826) - Ballotpedia

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PILES AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BOULDIN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR

Term: 1826
Important Dates
Argued: February 15, 1826
Decided: March 7, 1826
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson • Bushrod Washington

PILES AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. BOULDIN AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 1826. The case was argued before the court on February 15, 1826.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Tennessee U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Tennessee.

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About the case

Subject matter: Private Action - Real property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Tenant or lessee
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 24 U.S. 325
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: Gabriel Duvall

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 unspecifiable.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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