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RAY v. LAW (1805)

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RAY v. LAW
Term: 1805
Important Dates
Decided: March 5, 1805
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
6-0
Majority
Samuel Chase • William Cushing • William Johnson Jr. • John Marshall • William Paterson • Bushrod Washington

RAY v. LAW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 1805.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1800s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 7 U.S. 179
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Unspecified, other
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

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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