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PRIESTMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS THE UNITED STATES (1800)

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PRIESTMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS THE UNITED STATES
Term: 1800
Important Dates
Argued: August 13, 1800
Decided: August 15, 1800
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
4-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • Alfred Moore • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

PRIESTMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, VERSUS THE UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on August 15, 1800. The case was argued before the court on August 13, 1800.

In a 4-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Ellsworth 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: Taxpayer or executor of taxpayer's estate, federal only
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 4 U.S. 28
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Oliver Ellsworth
  • 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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