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SAMUEL LEE AND BARBARA LEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ELIZABETH LEE (1834)

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SAMUEL LEE AND BARBARA LEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ELIZABETH LEE
Term: 1834
Important Dates
Argued: February 7, 1834
Decided: February 15, 1834
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-0
Majority
Henry Baldwin • Gabriel Duvall • John Marshall • John McLean • Joseph Story • Smith Thompson

SAMUEL LEE AND BARBARA LEE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. ELIZABETH LEE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 15, 1834. The case was argued before the court on February 7, 1834.

In a 6-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Slave
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Slave-owner
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 33 U.S. 44
  • 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: Smith Thompson

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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