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RANDOLPH v. DONALDSON

Term: 1815
Important Dates
Argued: February 16, 1815
Decided: February 21, 1815
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-0
Majority
Gabriel Duvall • William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • Joseph Story • Bushrod Washington

RANDOLPH v. DONALDSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 1815. The case was argued before the court on February 16, 1815.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia U.S. Circuit for (all) District(s) of Virginia.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: County government or county governmental unit, except school district
Petitioner state: Virginia
Respondent type: Creditor, including institution appearing as such; e.g., a finance company
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 13 U.S. 76
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: Joseph Story

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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